Synergistic benefits of erythropoietin and simvastatin after traumatic brain injury

Brain Research

Volumn 1360, Issue , 2010, Pages 177-192

  Chauhan, Neelima B ^a   Gatto, Rodolfo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal injury; Cell proliferation; Cortex; Dentate gyrus; Memory; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; SIMVASTATIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COGNITION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MEMORY; MOUSE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ANIMALS; ANTIMETABOLITES; AXONS; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COGNITION; DRUG SYNERGISM; ERYTHROPOIETIN, RECOMBINANT; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE REGENERATION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SIMVASTATIN;

EID: 77957950274     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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