Longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging of sildenafil treatment of embolic stroke in aged rats

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3537-3541

  Ding, Guangliang ^a   Jiang, Quan ^a   Li, Lian ^a   Zhang, Li ^a   Zhang, Zhenggang ^a   Lu, Mei ^a   Li, Qingjiang ^a   Gu, Steven ^a   Ewing, James ^a   Chopp, Michael ^a,b  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged rat; Embolic stroke; Neurorestorative treatment; Sildenafil

Indexed keywords

SILDENAFIL;

AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXONAL REMODELING; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PIPERAZINES; PURINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; SULFONES; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84856229016     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.622092     Document Type: Article

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