Role of Rac1 GTPase in NADPH oxidase activation and cognitive impairment following cerebral ischemia in the rat

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Raz, Limor ^a   Zhang, Quan Guang ^a   Zhou, Cai Feng ^b   Han, Dong ^a   Gulati, Priya ^a   Yang, Li Cai ^b   Yang, Fang ^b   Wang, Rui Min ^b   Brann, Darrell W ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NORTH CHINA COAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINO 6 [2 [[4 (DIETHYLAMINO) 1 METHYLBUTYL]AMINO] 6 METHYL 4 PYRIMIDINYL] 2 METHYLQUINOLINE; 4 HYDROXYNONENAL; 8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; HISTONE H2AX; HYDROETHIDINE; RAC1 PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE; RAC1 PROTEIN, RAT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN REGION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; REPERFUSION; REPERFUSION INJURY; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; ANIMAL; COGNITION; DISEASE MODEL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COGNITION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; NADPH OXIDASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 77958555016     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012606     Document Type: Article

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