Effect of vagus nerve stimulation during transient focal cerebral ischemia on chronic outcome in rats

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 887-894

  Hiraki, Teruyuki ^a   Baker, Wesley ^a   Greenberg, Joel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Cerebral ischemia; Neuroprotection; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSIENT FOCAL CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEART RATE; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84856755160     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.22812     Document Type: Article

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