Time-course of neurodegeneration and memory impairment following the 4-vessel occlusion/internal carotid artery model of chronic cerebral hypoperfusion in middle-aged rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 229, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 340-348

  Martins Pereira, Francine ^a   Dias Fiuza Ferreira, Emilene ^b   Weffort de Oliveira, Rúbia Maria ^b   Milani, Humberto ^b  

^a Assis Gurgacz Faculty   (Brazil)

^b Universidade Estadual de Maringa Centro de Ciencias da Saude Faculdade de Medicina   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chronicity; Interstage interval (ISI); Neuronal damage; Permanent 4 vessel occlusion; Retrograde amnesia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CHRONIC CEREBRAL HYPOPERFUSION; CHRONICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE HILUS; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; REFERENCE MEMORY; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS; WORKING MEMORY;

AGE FACTORS; AMNESIA, RETROGRADE; ANIMALS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NERVE DEGENERATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 84857791303     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.01.023     Document Type: Article

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