Enhanced angiogenesis and astrocyte activation by ecdysterone treatment in a focal cerebral ischemia rat model

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplementum

Volumn 110, Issue , 2011, Pages 151-155

  Luo, Chunxia ^a   Yi, Bin ^a   Fan, Wenhui ^a   Chen, Kangning ^a   Gui, Li ^a   Chen, Zhi ^a   Li, Lusi ^a   Feng, Hua ^a   Chi, Luxiang ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Astrocyte activation; Ecdysterone; Focal cerebral ischemia

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTERONE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL ACTIVATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROVASCULATURE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 85052609204     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: 00016268     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-0353-1_26     Document Type: Conference Paper

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