Endogenous ghrelin's role in hippocampal neuroprotection after global cerebral ischemia: Does endogenous ghrelin protect against global stroke?

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 304, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Kenny, Rachel ^a   Cai, Guohui ^a   Bayliss, Jacqueline A ^b   Clarke, Melanie ^b   Choo, Yuen Ling ^b   Miller, Alyson A ^b   Andrews, Zane B ^b   Spencer, Sarah J ^a,b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ghrelin; Ghrelin knockout; Neurodegeneration; Stroke; Two vessel occlusion

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GHRELIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPAL CA2 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

GHRELIN; GHRELIN KNOCKOUT; NEURODEGENERATION; STROKE; TWO-VESSEL OCCLUSION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ASTROCYTES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CA2 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CA3 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; COGNITION; DNA PRIMERS; ENCEPHALITIS; GHRELIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROGLIA; NEURONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECEPTORS, GHRELIN; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); STROKE;

EID: 84878569779     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00594.2012     Document Type: Article

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