Combination treatment with progesterone and rehabilitation training further promotes behavioral recovery after acute ischemic stroke in mice

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 487-499

  Wang, Jiangbi ^a   Feng, Xiang ^a   Du, Yi ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Zhang, Shengxiang ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

functional recovery; infarct; ischemic stroke; Progesterone; rehabilitation training

Indexed keywords

P 0130; PROGESTERONE; TRIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FORELIMB; GRIP STRENGTH; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOUSE; NISSL STAINING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; ROTAROD TEST; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; TRAINING; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN INFARCTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXERCISE THERAPY; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGESTERONE; PROGESTINS; ROTAROD PERFORMANCE TEST; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84880535343     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: 18783627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-130312     Document Type: Article

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