The parasympathetic nervous system in the quest for stroke therapeutics

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1187-1195

  Cheyuo, Cletus ^a,b,c   Jacob, Asha ^a,c   Wu, Rongqian ^a,c   Zhou, Mian ^a,c   Coppa, Gene F ^c   Wang, Ping ^a,b,c  

^a FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Elmezzi Graduate School of Molecular Medicine   (United States)

^c NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

parasympathetic; sphenopalatine; stroke; therapeutics; vagus

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANATOMY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; STROKE; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; ANIMAL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; STROKE; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 79959602169     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: 15597016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2011.24     Document Type: Review

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