Low-dose alcohol consumption protects against transient focal cerebral ischemia in mice: possible role of PPARγ.

We examined the influence of low-dose alcohol consumption on cerebral ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury in mice and a potential mechanism underlying the neuroprotective effect of low-dose alcohol consumption.C57BL/6 J mice were fed a liquid diet without or with 1% alcohol for 8 weeks, orally treated...

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Main Authors: Hong Sun, Wanfen Xiong, Denise M Arrick, William G Mayhan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3407212?pdf=render