Metformin Improves Neurologic Outcome Via AMP‐Activated Protein Kinase–Mediated Autophagy Activation in a Rat Model of Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation

Background Sudden cardiac arrest (CA) often results in severe injury to the brain, and neuroprotection after CA has proved to be difficult to achieve. Herein, we sought to investigate the effects of metformin pretreatment on brain injury secondary to CA and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Methods and...

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Main Authors: Juan Zhu, Kewei Liu, Kaibin Huang, Yong Gu, Yafang Hu, Suyue Pan, Zhong Ji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-06-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
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Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.117.008389