Combined prostaglandin E1 and lithium exert potent neuroprotection in a rat model of cerebral ischemia

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 303-310

  Sheng, Rui ^a   Zhang, Li Sha ^a   Han, Rong ^a   Gao, Bo ^a   Liu, Xiao Qian ^a   Qin, Zheng Hong ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bcl 2; cerebral ischemia; heat shock proteins; lithium; p53; PGE1+Li mixture; prostaglandin E1

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE REGULATED PROTEIN 78; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; LITHIUM PLUS PROSTAGLANDIN E1; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MIXTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

ALPROSTADIL; ANIMALS; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 79952416228     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: 17457254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aps.2010.211     Document Type: Article

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