Vascular endothelial growth factors (VEGFs) and stroke

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1753-1761

  Greenberg, David A ^a   Jin, Kunlin ^a,b  

^a BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING   (United States)

^b University of North   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Ischemia; Neurogenesis; Neuroprotection; Stroke; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; PLACENTAL GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN A; VASCULOTROPIN B; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANGIOGENESIS; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; DENTATE GYRUS; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL; HUMAN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE;

EID: 84876923460     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-013-1282-8     Document Type: Review

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