Rat pial microvascular responses to transient bilateral common carotid artery occlusion and reperfusion: Quercetin's mechanism of action

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 3 APR, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Lapi, D ^a   Vagnani, S ^b   Pignataro, G ^a   Esposito, E ^a   Paterni, M ^c   Colantuoni, A ^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; Nitric oxide; Pial microcirculation; Protein kinase C; Quercetin; Reperfusion; Tyrosine kinase

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866317962     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00099     Document Type: Article

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