Steady plasma concentration of unfractionated heparin reduces infarct volume and prevents inflammatory damage after transient focal cerebral ischemia in the rat

Contract grant sponsor: Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias of the Spanish Ministry of Health; Contract grant number: FIS 01/1150; Contract grant sponsor: Comision Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CICYT); Contract grant number: SAF02-01963. A.Ce. has been partially supported by scholarships from the IDIBAPS and the Fundacio´ Privada from the Catalan Society of Neurology and C.J. by Red CIEN IDIBAPS-ISCIII RTIC C03/06