Effects of atorvastatin in the regulation of circulating EPCs and angiogenesis in traumatic brain injury in rats

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 319, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 117-123

  Wang, Bin ^a,b,c   Sun, Lin ^a,b,c   Tian, Ye ^a,b,c   Li, Zhanying ^a,b,c,d   Wei, Huijie ^a,b,c   Wang, Dong ^a,b,c   Yang, Zhuo ^e   Chen, Jieli ^f   Zhang, Jianning ^a,b,c   Jiang, Rongcai ^a,b,c  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tian Jin Normal University   (China)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^d Kailuan Hospital   (China)

^e NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Atorvastatin; Endothelial progenitor cell; Rat; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; CD31 ANTIGEN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUNCTION TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MODIFIED NEUROLOGICAL SEVERITY SCORE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HEPTANOIC ACIDS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PYRROLES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84862762402     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2012.04.015     Document Type: Article

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