Differential effects of aging and sex on stroke induced inflammation across the lifespan

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 249, Issue , 2013, Pages 120-131

  Manwani, Bharti ^a   Liu, Fudong ^a   Scranton, Victoria ^a   Hammond, Matthew D ^a   Sansing, Lauren H ^a   McCullough, Louise D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Estrogen; Flow cytometry; Immunity; Ischemia; Sex

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; CELL COUNT; CELL POPULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MICROGLIA; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN SIZE;

AGE; ESTROGEN; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNITY; ISCHEMIA; SEX;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; LONGEVITY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STROKE;

EID: 84884393593     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2013.08.011     Document Type: Article

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