HMG-CoA reductase inhibition promotes neurological recovery, peri-lesional tissue remodeling, and contralesional pyramidal tract plasticity after focal cerebral ischemia

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue DEC, 2014, Pages

  Kilic, Ertugrul ^a   Reitmeir, Raluca ^b   Kilic, Ülkan ^a   Caglayan, Ahmet Burak ^a   Beker, Mustafa Caglar ^a   Kelestemur, Taha ^a   Ethemoglu, Muhsine Sinem ^a   Ozturk, Gurkan ^a   Hermann, Dirk M ^b  

^a ISTANBUL MEDIPOL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Middle cerebral artery occlusion; Neurological recovery; Neuronal plasticity; Restorative therapy; Statin; Tract tracing

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; ROSUVASTATIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN REMODELING; BRAIN SIZE; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG MEGADOSE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR TEST; GRIP STRENGTH; GRIP STRENGTH TEST; HEMISPHERE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LOCOMOTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; ROTAROD TEST; STEREOMETRY; SURVIVAL; TISSUE REGENERATION; TRANSITION TEST; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84917676032     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00422     Document Type: Article

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