Deleterious effects of high dose connexin 43 mimetic peptide infusion after cerebral ischaemia in near-term fetal sheep

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 6303-6319

  Davidson, Joanne O ^a   Green, Colin R ^a   Nicholson, Louise F B ^a   Bennet, Laura ^a   Gunn, Alistair J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Connexins; Fetus; Gap junctions; Hemichannels; Ischaemia; Mimetic peptide

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; PEPTIDOMIMETIC AGENT; OLIGOPEPTIDE; VALYL-ASPARTYL-CYSTEINYL-PHENYLALANYL-LEUCYL-SERYL-ARGINYL-PROLYL-THREONYL-GLUTAMYL-LYSYL-THREONINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GAP JUNCTION; IMPEDANCE; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; ANIMAL; BIOMIMETICS; BRAIN; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; FETAL HYPOXIA; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEIZURES; SHEEP DISEASES; VETERINARY;

OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETICS; BRAIN; CONNEXIN 43; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL HYPOXIA; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PREGNANCY; SEIZURES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 84861557254     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms13056303     Document Type: Article

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