Tongxinluo attenuates neuronal loss and enhances neurogenesis and angiogenesis in the ipsilateral thalamus and improves neurological outcome after focal cortical infarction in hypertensive rats

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 533-546

  Chen, Li ^a,b,c   Chen, Xinran ^b   Xing, Shihui ^b   Zhang, Jian ^b   Li, Jingjing ^b   Dang, Chao ^b   Liu, Gang ^b   Dang, Ge ^b  

^a GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Department of Neurology Wuzhou Red Cross Hospital ^*  (China)

Author keywords

angiogenesis; focal cerebral infarction; neurogenesis; Tongxinluo

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; CHINESE DRUG; TONGXINLUO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HERBACEOUS AGENT; NERVE PROTEIN; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BORNEOLUM SYNTHETICUM; BOSWELLIA SACRA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BUTHUS MARTENSII; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL COUNT; CELL LOSS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOTYMPANA PUSTULATA PLANCYI; DALBERGIA; DALBERGIA ODORIFERA; DIPTEROCARPACEAE; GINSENG; HIRUDO; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NISSL STAINING; NONHUMAN; PAEONIA LACTIFLORA; PANAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SANTALUM ALBUM; SCOLOPENDRA; STELEOPHAGE PLANCYI; THALAMUS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; ZIZIPHUS; ZIZIPHUS JUJUBE SPINOSA; ANIMAL; CELL DEATH; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; COMPLICATION; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; GLIA; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; METABOLISM; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HYPERTENSION; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGENESIS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THALAMUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84923196293     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: 18783627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-140403     Document Type: Article

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