Activation of α-7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Reduces Ischemic Stroke Injury through Reduction of Pro-Inflammatory Macrophages and Oxidative Stress

• Zhenying Han,

  Affiliations Center for Cerebrovascular Research, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China

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• Fanxia Shen,

  Affiliation Center for Cerebrovascular Research, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Yue He,

  Affiliation Center for Cerebrovascular Research, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Vincent Degos,

  Affiliations Center for Cerebrovascular Research, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Hôpital Pitié Salpetrière, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris (APHP), Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris VI and UMR INSERM 1141, Paris, France

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• Marine Camus,

  Affiliation Center for Cerebrovascular Research, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Mervyn Maze,

  Affiliation Center for Cerebrovascular Research, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• William L. Young,

  Affiliations Center for Cerebrovascular Research, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Hua Su

  * E-mail: hua.su@ucsf.edu

  Affiliation Center for Cerebrovascular Research, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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