Using hormetic strategies to improve ischemic preconditioning and postconditioning against stroke

International Journal of Physiology, Pathophysiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 61-72

  Zhao, Heng ^a   Joo, Sungpil ^a   Xie, Weiying ^a   Ji, Xunming ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hormesis; Ischemic postconditioning; Preconditioning; Stroke

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL;

BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DEPOLARIZATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; EXERCISE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HORMESIS; HUMAN; INFARCTION; ISCHEMIC POSTCONDITIONING; ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPERFUSION; REVIEW;

EID: 84878357962     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19448171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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