Cellular and secretory mechanisms related to delayed radiation-induced microvessel dysfunction in the spinal cord of rats

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 649-659

  Siegal, T ^a   Pfeffer, M R ^a   Meltzer, A ^a   Shezen, E ^a   Nimrod, A ^b   Ezov, N ^b   Ovadia, Haim ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Hadassah University Hospital ^*

Author keywords

Endothelin; Microglia; Nitric oxide; Radiation; Spinal cord; Superoxide dismutase; Vascular permeability

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROGLIA; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RAT; SPINAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; ENDOTHELINS; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SPINAL CORD; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030272846     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)00357-4     Document Type: Article

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