Prophylactic Chronic Zinc Administration Increases Neuroinflammation in a Hypoxia-Ischemia Model

Acute and subacute administration of zinc exert neuroprotective effects in hypoxia-ischemia animal models; yet the effect of chronic administration of zinc still remains unknown. We addressed this issue by injecting zinc at a tolerable dose (0.5 mg/kg weight, i.p.) for 14 days before common carotid...

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Main Authors: Constantino Tomas-Sanchez, Victor Manuel Blanco-Alvarez, Juan Antonio Gonzalez-Barrios, Daniel Martinez-Fong, Guadalupe Garcia-Robles, Guadalupe Soto-Rodriguez, Eduardo Brambila, Maricela Torres-Soto, Alejandro Gonzalez-Vazquez, Ana Karina Aguilar-Peralta, José-Luis Garate-Morales, Luis-Angel Aguilar-Carrasco, Daniel I. Limón, Jorge Cebada, Bertha Alicia Leon-Chavez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Journal of Immunology Research
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4039837