The nuclear receptor PPARγ as a therapeutic target for cerebrovascular and brain dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue MAY, 2010, Pages

  Nicolakakis, Nektaria ^a   Hamel, Edith ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arterial reactivity; Brain metabolism; Cerebral blood flow; Inflammation; Oxidative stress; Pioglitazone; Spatial memory; Vascular fibrosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957953694     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2010.00021     Document Type: Review

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