The effect of right vagus nerve stimulation on focal cerebral ischemia: An experimental study in the rat

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Sun, Zhenghui ^a,b   Baker, Wesley ^a   Hiraki, Teruyuki ^a   Greenberg, Joel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

cerebral ischemia; neuroprotection; photothrombosis; vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IMAGING; LASER; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84856040335     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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