Effects of combination therapy with levamlodipine and bisoprolol on stroke in rats

CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 178-182

  Gui, Huan ^a   Guo, Yong Fei ^b   Liu, Xia ^a   Zhang, Jing Ming ^a   Yang, Yan Ling ^c   Huang, Gao Zhong ^d   Liu, Jian Guo ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c National Pharmaceutical Engineering and Research Center   (China)

^d SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bisoprolol; Combination therapy; Levamlodipine; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; BISOPROLOL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HEART CYCLE; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART PROTECTION; HEART RATE; LIFESPAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STROKE PRONE SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SURVIVAL TIME; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BAROREFLEX; BISOPROLOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HEART RATE; MALE; NIACIN; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STROKE; SYSTOLE;

EID: 84874393964     PISSN: 17555930     EISSN: 17555949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cns.12057     Document Type: Article

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