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Effects of hepatocyte growth factor on phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase and hippocampal cell death in rats with transient forebrain ischemiaNIIMURA, Makiko; TAKAGI, Norio; TAKAGI, Keiko et al.European journal of pharmacology. 2006, Vol 535, Num 1-3, pp 114-124, issn 0014-2999, 11 p.Article

The protective effect of hepatocyte growth factor against cell death in the hippocampus after transient forebrain ischemia is related to the improvement of apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease/redox factor-1 level and inhibition of NADPH oxidase activityNIIMURA, Makiko; TAKAGI, Norio; TAKAGI, Keiko et al.Neuroscience letters. 2006, Vol 407, Num 2, pp 136-140, issn 0304-3940, 5 p.Article

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Inhibition of apoptosis-inducing factor translocation is involved in protective effects of hepatocyte growth factor against excitotoxic cell death in cultured hippocampal neuronsISHIHARA, Naoko; TAKAGI, Norio; NIIMURA, Makiko et al.Journal of neurochemistry. 2005, Vol 95, Num 5, pp 1277-1286, issn 0022-3042, 10 p.Article

A possible mechanism for improvement by a cognition-enhancer nefiracetam of spatial memory function and cAMP-mediated signal transduction system in sustained cerebral ischaemia in ratsTAKEO, Satoshi; NIIMURA, Makiko; MIYAKE-TAKAGI, Keiko et al.British journal of pharmacology. 2003, Vol 138, Num 4, pp 642-654, issn 0007-1188, 13 p.Article