Effects of ischemic preconditioning on VEGF and pFlk-1 immunoreactivities in the gerbil ischemic hippocampus after transient cerebral ischemia

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 347, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 179-187

  Park, Yoo Seok ^a,b   Cho, Jun Hwi ^a   Kim, In Hye ^a   Cho, Geum Sil ^c   Cho, Jeong Hwi ^a   Park, Joon Ha ^a   Ahn, Ji Hyeon ^a   Chen, Bai Hui ^d   Shin, Bich Na ^d   Shin, Myoung Cheol ^a   Tae, Hyun Jin ^e   Cho, Young Shin ^a,f   Lee, Yun Lyul ^d   Kim, Young Myeong ^a   Won, Moo Ho ^a   Lee, Jae Chul ^a  

^a Kangwon National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Hallym University   (South Korea)

^f Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Delayed neuronal death; Ischemia reperfusion; Ischemic preconditioning; Pericytes; Phospho Flk 1; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERBIL; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROPIL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REPERFUSION INJURY; STRATUM ORIENS; STRATUM PYRAMIDALE; STRATUM RADIATUM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; ANIMAL; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; GERBILLINAE; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING; MALE; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; REPERFUSION INJURY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

EID: 84920052117     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2014.09.044     Document Type: Article

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