Upregulation of the GEF-H1 pathway after transient cerebral ischemia

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 263, Issue , 2015, Pages 306-313

  Luo, Tianfei ^a,b   Roman, Philip ^a   Liu, Chunli ^a   Sun, Xin ^a,b   Park, Yujung ^a   Hu, Bingren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brain ischemia; Cytoskeletal dynamics; GEF H1; Gene expression; RhoA; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN RHO ACTIVATING FACTOR GEF H1; RHO FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXCITOTOXICITY; MALE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; REPERFUSION; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; DISEASE MODEL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84911059107     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2014.10.016     Document Type: Article

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