rheum/stroke

OBJECTIVE To observe the nootropic effect of Rheum palmatum decoction in mice. METHODS Step-down test. RESULTS Rheum palmatum decoction could increase learning and memory ability of old mice and also improve the impairments of memory acquisition, memory consolidation and memory retrieval induced by

The most effective way to contain cerebral ischemic injury is reperfusion; however, reperfusion itself may result in tissue injury, for which inflammatory damage is one of the main causative factors. NALP3 inflammasome is a multiprotein complex. It consists of NALP3, ASC, and caspase-1, whose

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the prevalence of thrombophilic risk factors known to induce intravascular clotting and to assess their relationship with ischemic manifestations in giant cell arteritis (GCA). METHODS Eighty consecutive patients with established GCA were included: 36 with isolated temporal