The functional effect of epigallocatechin gallate on ischemic stroke in rats

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-46

  Lim, Seong Hoon ^a   Kim, Han Seung ^a   Kim, Young Kook ^a   Kim, Tae Min ^b   Im, Sun ^a   Chung, Myung Eun ^a   Hong, Bo Young ^a   Ko, Young Jin ^a   Kim, Hye Won ^a   Lee, Jong In ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b Harvard Medical School Center for Biomedical Informatics   (United States)

Author keywords

Catechin; EGCG; Epigallocatechin gallate; Functional improvement; Middle cerebral artery occlusion

Indexed keywords

CATECHIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; HINDLIMB; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SENSORY GATING; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN INFARCTION; CATECHIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HINDLIMB; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SENSORY GATING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77952172690     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: 00651400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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