Seyoung Lee, Vanessa H Brait, Thiruma V Arumugam, Megan A Evans, Hyun Ah Kim, Robert E Widdop, Grant R Drummond, Christopher G Sobey, Emma S Jones
UNLABELLED: BACKGROUND: Intracerebral administration of the angiotensin II type 2 receptor (AT2R) agonist, CGP42112, is neuroprotective in a rat model of ischemic stroke. To explore further its possible cellular target(s) and therapeutic utility, we firstly examined whether CGP42112 may exert direct protective effects on primary neurons following glucose deprivation in vitro. Secondly, we tested whether CGP42112 is effective when administered systemically in a mouse model of cerebral ischemia...
August 24, 2012: Experimental & Translational Stroke Medicine