NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH, vol.31, no.7, pp.714-720, 2009 (SCI-Expanded)
Objectives: Our aim was to investigate whether neutralization of rat interleukin 6 (IL-6) bioactivity attenuates inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) up-regulation and ameliorates cerebral ischemic damage in a model of focal central nervous system (CNS) ischemia.