Inhibition of Rho kinase (ROCK) leads to increased cerebral blood flow and stroke protection.

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Published in Stroke on September 01, 2005

Authors

Yoshiyuki Rikitake1, Hyung-Hwan Kim, Zhihong Huang, Minoru Seto, Kazuo Yano, Toshio Asano, Michael A Moskowitz, James K Liao

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1: Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

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