Traumatic brain injury: Tissue-type plasminogen activator-harmful or beneficial?

Nature Reviews Neurology

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 538-539

  Vivien, Denis ^a   Ali, Carine ^a  

^a GIP CYCERON   (France)

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Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; STROMELYSIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXCITOTOXICITY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872304781     PISSN: 17594758     EISSN: 17594766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2012.192     Document Type: Article

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