GluN2B N-methyl-D-aspartic acid receptor subunit mediates atorvastatin-Induced neuroprotection after focal cerebral ischemia

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1529-1548

  Gutierrez Vargas, Johanna Andrea ^a   Muñoz Manco, Juan Ignacio ^a   Garcia Segura, Luis Miguel ^b   Cardona Gómez, Gloria Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^b INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atorvastatin; BDNF; Cerebral ischemia; GluN2B; Neuroprotection; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; IFENPRODIL; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; HEPTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NERVE PROTEIN; NR2B NMDA RECEPTOR; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPATIAL LEARNING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CELL CULTURE; COMPLICATION; CONVALESCENCE; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; MAZE TEST; METABOLISM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PATHOLOGY; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; HEPTANOIC ACIDS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PIPERIDINES; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PYRROLES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84906318037     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.23426     Document Type: Article

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