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SUBMITTER: Shen H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2698661 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shen Hui H Kuo Chi-Chung CC Chou Jenny J Delvolve Alice A Jackson Shelley N SN Post Jeremy J Woods Amina S AS Hoffer Barry J BJ Wang Yun Y Harvey Brandon K BK
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 20090213 6
Astaxanthin (ATX) is a dietary carotenoid of crustaceans and fish that contributes to their coloration. Dietary ATX is important for development and survival of salmonids and crustaceans and has been shown to reduce cardiac ischemic injury in rodents. The purpose of this study was to examine whether ATX can protect against ischemic injury in the mammalian brain. Adult rats were injected intracerebroventricularly with ATX or vehicle prior to a 60-min middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAo). ATX w ...[more]