Blockade of Central Angiotensin II AT1 Receptor Protects the Brain from Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Normotensive Rats

Background: Stroke is the third leading cause of invalidism and death in industrialized countries. There are conflicting reports about the effects of Angiotensin II on ischemia-reperfusion brain injuries and most data have come from chronic hypertensive rats. In this study, hypotensive and non-hypot...

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Main Authors: Hamdolah Panahpour, Ali Akbar Nekooeian, Gholam Abbas Dehghani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2014-10-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences
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Online Access:http://ijms.sums.ac.ir/index.php/IJMS/article/view/547