Simvastatin reduces secondary brain injury caused by cortical contusion in rats: possible involvement of TLR4/NF-κB pathway

G Chen, S Zhang, J Shi, J Ai, M Qi, C Hang - Experimental neurology, 2009 - Elsevier
Simvastatin, a cholesterol-lowering agent, has demonstrated neuroprotective effects against
brain injury, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. This study was undertaken to …

[HTML][HTML] Possible role of glial cells in the onset and progression of Lyme neuroborreliosis

G Ramesh, JT Borda, A Gill, EP Ribka… - Journal of …, 2009 - Springer
Background Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB) may present as meningitis, cranial neuropathy,
acute radiculoneuropathy or, rarely, as encephalomyelitis. We hypothesized that glia, upon …

Intracerebral Mycobacterium bovis bacilli Calmette–Guerin infection-induced immune responses in the CNS

JE Lee, C Ling, MM Kosmalski, P Hulseberg… - Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
To study whether cerebral mycobacterial infection induces granuloma and protective
immunity similar to systemic infection, we intracerebrally infected mice with Mycobacterium …

Secretory phospholipase A2 plays an essential role in microglial inflammatory responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis

CS Yang, JM Yuk, DM Shin, J Kang, SJ Lee, EK Jo - Glia, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
In previous studies, we have shown that reactive oxygen species (ROS)‐mediated
inflammatory signaling is essential for microglial proinflammatory responses to …

Emerging drugs for acute bacterial meningitis

AE Deghmane, JM Alonso, MK Taha - Expert opinion on emerging …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
The management of acute bacterial meningitis is based on early antibiotic treatment to
prevent unfavorable outcome (death and permanent sequelae). β-Lactam antibiotics …

[图书][B] Aplicació de la microdiàlisi cerebral a l'estudi de la resposta metabòlica i inflamatòria en el traumatisme cranioencefàlic moderat i greu

A Vilalta Saura - 2009 - ddd.uab.cat
Els traumatismes cranioencefàlics (TCE) són la primera causa de mort i discapacitat en la
població menor de 40 anys de qualsevol païs industrialitzat. Les xifres de mortalitat són …

Etiopathogenesis of Neonatal Sepsis and Current Concepts

NB MathurMD - Neonatal Sepsis, 2009 - books.google.com
Neonatal sepsis is a clinical syndrome characterized by systemic signs of infection and
accompanied by bacteremia in the first month of life. Once bacteria gain access to the …

[引用][C] ACUTE BACTERIAL MENINGITIS

W Tsai, R Schafermeyer - Synopsis of Pediatric …, 2009 - Peepee Publishers & Distr