Selective Endothelin-B Receptor Stimulation Increases Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in the Rat Brain during Postnatal Development

Drug Research

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 607-613

  Leonard, M G ^a   Prazad, P ^b,c   Puppala, B ^b,c   Gulati, A ^a  

^a MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ADVOCATE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Lutheran General Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

central nervous system; endothelin B receptor; nerve growth factor; ontogeny; postnatal development; vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCCINYLENDOTHELIN 1 [8-21][9 GLUTAMIC ACID 11,15 ALANINE]; VASCULOTROPIN; ENDOTHELIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; WEIGHT GAIN; WESTERN BLOTTING; AGONISTS; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME FACTOR;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; ENDOTHELINS; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, ENDOTHELIN B; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84947024702     PISSN: 21949379     EISSN: 21949387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1398688     Document Type: Article

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