Antisense oligodeoxynucleotides targeting connexin43 reduce cerebral astrocytosis and edema in a rat model of traumatic brain injury

Neurological Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 255-262

  Wu, Zhongliang ^a   Xu, Hongyu ^a   He, Yalong ^a   Yang, Guitao ^a   Liao, Chunhua ^a   Gao, Wei ^a   Liang, Ming ^a   He, Xiaosheng ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Cerebral edema; Connexin43; Reactive astrocytosis; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; CONNEXIN 43; FLUORESCEIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BRAIN EDEMA; CONTROLLED CORTICAL IMPACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; FLUOROCHROME STAINING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WATER CONTENT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURIES; CONNEXIN 43; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLIOSIS; MALE; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84875151914     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: 17431328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743132813Y.0000000165     Document Type: Article

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