Protective effects of quercetin on rat pial microvascular changes during transient bilateral common carotid artery occlusion and reperfusion

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 3 MAR, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Lapi, Dominga ^a   Vagnani, S ^b   Pignataro, G ^a   Esposito, E ^a   Paterni, M ^c   Colantuoni, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bilateral common carotid artery occlusion; Endothelial nitric oxide; Pial microcirculation; Quercetin; Reperfusion; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866270639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00032     Document Type: Article

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