Gene and protein analysis of brain derived neurotrophic factor expression in relation to neurological recovery induced by an enriched environment in a rat stroke model

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 495, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 210-215

  Hirata, Kenji ^a   Kuge, Yuji ^b   Yokota, Chiaki ^c   Harada, Akina ^d   Kokame, Koichi ^c   Inoue, Hiroyasu ^e   Kawashima, Hidekazu ^d   Hanzawa, Hiroko ^f   Shono, Yuji ^c   Saji, Hideo ^d   Minematsu, Kazuo ^c   Tamaki, Nagara ^a,b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Enriched environment; Focal ischemia

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955619815     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.03.068     Document Type: Article

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