Neuroprotection for stroke: Current status and future perspectives

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 11753-11772

  Minnerup, Jena ^a   Sutherland, Brad A ^b   Buchan, Alastair M ^b   Kleinschnitz, Christoph ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ischemic cascade; Ischemic stroke; Neuroprotection; STAIR; Translation

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALTEPLASE; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS EXTRACT; CYCLOSPORIN A; DAPSONE; DISUFENTON SODIUM; EBSELEN; ERYTHROPOIETIN; ETHYLENEGLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID BIS(2 OCTYLOXYETHYL) ESTER; GM 602; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE INHIBITOR; MEVINOLIN; MINOCYCLINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; NORPHENAZONE; PLACEBO; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE 4; SCAVENGER; SIMVASTATIN; THR 18; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG SAFETY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SPHENOPALATINE GANGLION STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84866921738     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms130911753     Document Type: Review

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