FAST-Mag protocol with or without mild hypothermia (35°C) does not improve outcome after permanent MCAO in rats

Magnesium Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 67-73

  Meloni, Bruno P ^a   Cross, Jane L ^a   Brookes, Laura M ^a   Clark, Vincent W ^a   Campbell, Kym ^a   Knuckey, Neville W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

FAST Mag; Magnesium; MCAO; Mild hypothermia; Sprague Dawley rats; Stroke

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE MONITORING; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; THERMOREGULATION;

FAST-MAG; MAGNESIUM; MCAO; MILD HYPOTHERMIA; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RATS; STROKE;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MAGNESIUM; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880364627     PISSN: 09531424     EISSN: 19524021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/mrh.2013.0340     Document Type: Article

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