Effects of methylprednisolone on extracellular lactic acidosis and amino acids after severe compression injury of rat spinal cord

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1125-1130

  Farooque, Mohammad ^a   Hillered, Lars ^a   Holtz, Anders ^a   Olsson, Yngve ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Arginine; Glutamate; Lactate; Methylprednisolone; Microdialysis; Rat; Spinal cord; Trauma

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; FREE RADICAL; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; LACTIC ACID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; TAURINE; THREONINE; TYROSINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030049084     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.66031125.x     Document Type: Article

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