Artificial cold wave-induced cerebral infarction in rats with carotid atherosclerosis

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 278-285

  Tang, Zhen Yu ^a   Zhu, Qiu Yan ^b   Xu, Li Jun ^a   Deng, Li Ying ^a   Zeng, Ying ^b   Ding, Wei Jiang ^a   Huang, Wei ^a  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b First People's Hospital of Yichun   (China)

Author keywords

Carotid atherosclerosis; Cold; Hypertension; Ischemic stroke; Nimodipine

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; NIMODIPINE; NITRIC OXIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COLD TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; TEMPERATURE; THERAPY EFFECT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; COLD TEMPERATURE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STROKE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84863876678     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: 15591166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12031-012-9735-3     Document Type: Article

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