Impact of methodology on estrogens' effects on cerebral ischemia in rats: An updated meta-analysis

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Ström, Jakob O ^a,b,c   Ingberg, Edvin ^b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; Estradiol; Estrogens; Meta analysis; Rats; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; SILASTIC;

ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DATA EXTRACTION; ESTROGEN THERAPY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NONHUMAN; STRENGTH; WEAKNESS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; RAT; RISK; SLOW RELEASE FORMULATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTROGENS; RATS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84893182322     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-15-22     Document Type: Article

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