Treatment With Statins After Induction of Focal Ischemia in Rats Reduces the Extent of Brain Damage
- 1 February 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
- Vol. 23 (2) , 322-327
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.atv.0000044458.23905.3b
Abstract
Objective— In the present study, MRI has been used to investigate therapeutic intervention with statins in a model of permanent focal cerebral ischemia in rat. Methods and Results— Brain ischemia w...Keywords
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