Neurohistological and behavioral changes following the four-vessel occlusion/internal carotid artery model of chronic cerebral hypoperfusion: Comparison between normotensive and spontaneously hypertensive rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 252, Issue , 2013, Pages 214-221

  Valério Romanini, Cássia ^a   Dias Fiuza Ferreira, Emilene ^a   Correia Bacarin, Cristiano ^a   Verussa, Mario Henrique ^a   Weffort de Oliveira, Rúbia Maria ^a   Milani, Humberto ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

4 VO ICA model; Aging; Chronic cerebral hypoperfusion; Chronic hypertension; Memory impairment; Neurodegeneration

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DENTATE HILUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA2 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MAZE TEST; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MORTALITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

4-VO/ICA MODEL; AGING; CHRONIC CEREBRAL HYPOPERFUSION; CHRONIC HYPERTENSION; MEMORY IMPAIRMENT; NEURODEGENERATION;

AGE FACTORS; AMNESIA, RETROGRADE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR;

EID: 84879736745     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.05.043     Document Type: Article

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