Cerebral microvascular rarefaction induced by whole brain radiation is reversible by systemic hypoxia in mice

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 300, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Warrington, Junie P ^a,c   Csiszar, Anna ^c   Johnson, Daniel A ^b   Herman, Terence S ^b   Ahmad, Salahuddin ^b   Lee, Yong Woo ^d   Sonntag, William E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Capillary; Hippocampus; Pericyte

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIATION; BRAIN REGION; CAPILLARY DENSITY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOXEMIA; HYPOXIA; MALE; MICROVASCULAR RAREFACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WHOLE BRAIN RADIATION THERAPY;

ACTINS; ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROVESSELS; OXYGEN; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 79955051491     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01024.2010     Document Type: Article

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