The infarct-limiting effect of cerebral ischaemic postconditioning in rats depends on the middle cerebral artery branching pattern

International Journal of Experimental Pathology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 34-38

  Shcherbak, Natalia ^a,b   Popovetsky, Maxim ^a,b   Galagudza, Michael ^a,b   Barantsevitch, Eugene ^a,b   Shlyakhto, Eugene ^a,b  

^a ALMAZOV NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Russian Federation)

^b PAVLOV FIRST SAINT PETERSBURG STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Focal cerebral ischaemia; Ischaemic postconditioning; Middle cerebral artery; Neuroprotection; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ISCHEMIC POSTCONDITIONING; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY;

EID: 84872495121     PISSN: 09599673     EISSN: 13652613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/iep.12003     Document Type: Article

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