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The January 2013 of APS (Acta Pharmacologica Sinica) contains a special section on stroke, which covers our current understanding of the pathophysiological roles of the ion channels and exchangers involved in non-glutamate mechanisms in cerebral ischemia and stroke, as well as their potential for therapeutic intervention.
Original Articles
Toll-like receptor 3 agonist Poly I:C protects against simulated cerebral ischemia in vitro and in vivo
Lin-na Pan, Wei Zhu, Cai Li1, Xu-lin Xu, Lian-jun Guo and Qing Lu
Acta Pharmacologica Sinica (2012) 33: 1246–1253; doi:10.1038/aps.2012.122
Polymorphisms of genes in nitric oxide-forming pathway associated with ischemic stroke in Chinese Han population
Jiang-tao Yan, Lan Zhang, Yu-jun Xu, Xiao-jing Wang, Cong-yi Wang and Dao-wen Wang
Acta Pharmacologica Sinica (2011) 32: 1357–1363; doi:10.1038/aps.2011.114
T33, a novel peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ/α agonist, exerts neuroprotective action via its anti-inflammatory activities
Ying Wang, Yu-she Yang, Xi-can Tang and Hai-yan Zhang
Acta Pharmacologica Sinica (2011) 32: 1100–1108; doi:10.1038/aps.2011.69
RNA interference-mediated downregulation of Beclin1 attenuates cerebral ischemic injury in rats
Yong-qiu Zheng, Jian-xun Liu, Xin-zhi Li, Li Xu and Yong-gang Xu
Acta Pharmacologica Sinica (2009) 30: 919–927; doi:10.1038/aps.2009.79
Reviews
TRPM7 in cerebral ischemia and potential target for drug development in stroke
Christine You-jin Bae and Hong-shuo Sun
Acta Pharmacologica Sinica (2011) 33: 725–733; doi:10.1038/aps.2011.60
Beneficial effects of mood stabilizers lithium, valproate and lamotrigine in experimental stroke models
Zhi-fei Wang, Emily Bame Fessler and De-Maw Chuang
Acta Pharmacologica Sinica (2011) 32: 1433–1445; doi:10.1038/aps.2011.140
CaMKII in cerebral ischemia
Steven J Coultrap, Rebekah S Vest, Nicole M Ashpole, Andy Hudmon and K Ulrich Bayer
Acta Pharmacologica Sinica (2011) 32: 861–872; doi:10.1038/aps.2011.68
Genetics of stroke
Jin-min Guo, Ai-jun Liu and Ding-feng Su
Acta Pharmacologica Sinica (2010) 31: 1055–1064; doi:10.1038/aps.2010.141
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