Interrelation between inflammation, thrombosis, and neuroprotection in cerebral ischemia

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 269-278

  Der Spuy, Wendy J Van ^a   Pretorius, Etheresia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anti infl ammatory; Coagulation; Estrogen; Leukocytes; Platelets

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FIBRINOGEN; THROMBIN; SEX HORMONE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL SURVIVAL; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FIBRIN FORMATION; GROUPS BY AGE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPERFUSION INJURY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; THROMBOSIS; ANIMAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; ESTROGENS; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; STROKE; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84867313160     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/revneuro-2012-0028     Document Type: Article

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