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We hypothesized that female rats sustain less brain damage than males during experimental focal ischemia and that the gender difference in ischemic outcome can be eliminated by ovariectomy.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:italic>Methods<\/jats:italic>\u2014Age-matched male (M), intact female (F), and ovariectomized female (O; plasma estradiol: 4.1\u00b11.6 pg\/mL compared with 7.4\u00b11.5 in F and 4.0\u00b11.1 in M) rats from two different strains, normotensive Wistar and stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats, were subjected to 2 hours of intraluminal middle cerebral artery occlusion, followed by 22 hours of reperfusion. Cerebral blood flow (CBF) was monitored throughout the ischemic period by laser-Doppler flowmetry. Infarction volume in the cerebral cortex (Ctx) and caudoputamen (CP) was determined by 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride staining. In a separate cohort of M, F, and O Wistar rats, absolute rates of regional CBF were measured at the end of the ischemic period by quantitative autoradiography using [<jats:sup>14<\/jats:sup>C]iodoantipyrine.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:italic>Results<\/jats:italic>\u2014F rats of either strain had a smaller infarct size in Ctx and CP and a higher laser-Doppler flow during ischemia compared with respective M and O rats. Mean end-ischemic CBF was higher in F compared with M and O rats in CP, but not in Ctx. Cerebrocortical tissue volume with end-ischemic CBF &lt;10 mL\/100 g\/min was smaller in F than M rats, but not different from O rats.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:italic>Conclusions<\/jats:italic>\u2014We conclude that endogenous estrogen improves stroke outcome during vascular occlusion by exerting both neuroprotective and flow-preserving effects.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1161\/01.str.29.1.159","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2011,6,17]],"date-time":"2011-06-17T20:08:03Z","timestamp":1308341283000},"page":"159-166","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1161\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":618,"title":["Gender-Linked Brain Injury in Experimental Stroke"],"prefix":"10.1161","volume":"29","author":[{"given":"Nabil J.","family":"Alkayed","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (N.J.A., I.H., R.J.T., P.D.H.) and National Institute on Drug Abuse (A.S.K., E.D.L.), Baltimore, Md."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Izumi","family":"Harukuni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (N.J.A., I.H., R.J.T., P.D.H.) and National Institute on Drug Abuse (A.S.K., E.D.L.), Baltimore, Md."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alane S.","family":"Kimes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (N.J.A., I.H., R.J.T., P.D.H.) and National Institute on Drug Abuse (A.S.K., E.D.L.), Baltimore, Md."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Edythe D.","family":"London","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (N.J.A., I.H., R.J.T., P.D.H.) and National Institute on Drug Abuse (A.S.K., E.D.L.), Baltimore, Md."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Richard J.","family":"Traystman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (N.J.A., I.H., R.J.T., P.D.H.) and National Institute on Drug Abuse (A.S.K., E.D.L.), Baltimore, Md."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Patricia D.","family":"Hurn","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (N.J.A., I.H., R.J.T., P.D.H.) and National Institute on Drug Abuse (A.S.K., E.D.L.), Baltimore, Md."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_2_1_2","unstructured":"Kannel WB Thom TJ. 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