Role of histamine and its receptors in cerebral ischemia

ACS Chemical Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 302-311

  Hu, Wei Wei ^a   Chen, Zhong ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carnosine; Cerebral ischemia; Histamine; Histamine receptor

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; CARNOSINE; CLOBENPROPIT; DIMAPRIT; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR; HISTAMINE H3 RECEPTOR; HISTAMINE H3 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HISTAMINE RECEPTOR; HISTIDINE; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TELE METHYLHISTAMINE; THIOPERAMIDE; VASCULOTROPIN; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BASAL GANGLION; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN LEVEL; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORPUS STRIATUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXCITOTOXICITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; INTERNALIZATION; ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING; MAST CELL; MITOCHONDRION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SYNAPSE; TIGHT JUNCTION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOGENIC EDEMA; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CONVALESCENCE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

CARNOSINE; CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE RECEPTOR;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HISTAMINE; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, HISTAMINE H1; RECEPTORS, HISTAMINE H2; RECEPTORS, HISTAMINE H3; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 84859910174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cn200126p     Document Type: Article

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