Pctx1 venom in the treatment of vasospasm due to experimental subarachnoidal hemorrhage
Mehmet Yigit AKGÜN,
Mehmet Hüseyin AKGÜL
Abstract:Aims: We aimed to investigate the role of neuron damage in experimental animals following vasospasm, by increasing perfusion of neuronal tissue through vasodilation using the venom of PcTx1, and to determine its effectiveness in reducing neuron damage after vasospasm.
Methods: Thirty adult male Wistar albino rats weighing between 300 and 400 grams were used and divided into three groups: the Sham group (Group 1, n=10), to which no application was made; the SAH (control) group (Group 2, n=10), in which a … Show more
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