Ovariectomy Exacerbates and Estrogen Replacement Attenuates Photothrombotic Focal Ischemic Brain Injury in Rats
Author(s) -
Kenji Fukuda,
Hiroshi Yao,
Setsuro Ibayashi,
Tatsuo Nakahara,
Hideyuki Uchimura,
Masatoshi Fujishima
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/01.str.31.1.155
Subject(s) - ovariectomized rat , medicine , estrogen , endocrinology , cerebral blood flow , estradiol valerate , sham surgery , ischemia , middle cerebral artery , pathology , alternative medicine
We previously reported the infarct volumes in female spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) to be significantly smaller than those in male SHR. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether estrogen is responsible for the sex difference in ischemic vulnerability in SHR.
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