Vagus nerve stimulation reduces infarct size in rat focal cerebral ischemia: An unlikely role for cerebral blood flow

Brain Research

Volumn 1392, Issue , 2011, Pages 110-115

  Ay, Ilknur ^a   Sorensen, A Gregory ^a   Ay, Hakan ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Cerebral ischemia; Electrical stimulation; Rat; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEART RATE; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 79955937963     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2011.03.060     Document Type: Article

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