A Type-II Positive Allosteric Modulator of α7 nAChRs Reduces Brain Injury and Improves Neurological Function after Focal Cerebral Ischemia in Rats

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Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Sun, Fen ^a   Jin, Kunlin ^a   Uteshev, Victor V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; PNU 120596; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEDERSON TEST; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; LADDER RUNG WALKING TEST; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; ROLLING CYLINDER TEST;

EID: 84881233510     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073581     Document Type: Article

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