VEGF promotes angiogenesis and functional recovery in stroke rats

Journal of Investigative Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 149-155

  Yang, Ji Ping ^a,b   Liu, Huai Jun ^a   Liu, Xin Feng ^b  

^a HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MEDICAL SCHOOL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Cerebral ischemia; Functional recovery; Intranasal administration; Middle cerebral artery occlusion; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN 165; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STROKE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; EVALUATION STUDY; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MICROVASCULATURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; MALE; MICROVESSELS; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 77954233247     PISSN: 08941939     EISSN: 15210553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08941930903469482     Document Type: Article

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