Ghrelin suppresses inflammation and neuronal nitric oxide synthase in focal cerebral ischemia via the vagus nerve

Shock

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 258-265

  Cheyuo, Cletus ^a   Wu, Rongqian ^a   Zhou, Mian ^a   Jacob, Asha ^a   Coppa, Gene ^a   Wang, Ping ^a  

^a FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; ghrelin; inflammation; neuronal NO synthase; vagotomy

Indexed keywords

3 NITROTYROSINE; GHRELIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL MIGRATION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SURVIVAL; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; GHRELIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; NEUTROPHILS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PEROXIDASE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; TYROSINE; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 79952157408     PISSN: 10732322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SHK.0b013e3181f48a37     Document Type: Article

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