Deprenyl and pergolide rescue spinal motor neurons from axotomy-induced neuronal death in the neonatal rat

Neurological Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 168-170

  Iwasaki, Yasuo ^a   Ikeda, Ken ^a   Shiojima, Toshiya ^a   Kobayashi, Tomoko ^a   Tagaya, Nozomu ^a   Kinoshita, Masao ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY OHASHI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deprenyl; neuronal death; neuroprotection; pergolide; spinal motor neuron

Indexed keywords

PERGOLIDE; SELEGILINE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON;

EID: 0029985777     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01616412.1996.11740397     Document Type: Article

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