Neuronal cell death in the ischemic spinal cord: The effect of methylprednisolone

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1279-1286

  Kanellopoulos, Georgios K ^a   Kato, Hiroyuki ^a   Wu, Yingji ^a   Dougenis, Dimitrios ^a   Mackey, Mary ^a   Hsu, Chung Y ^a   Kouchoukos, Nicholas T ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA ARCH; AORTA OCCLUSION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; ISCHEMIA; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NECROSIS; NEURONS; RATS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030730707     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00903-X     Document Type: Article

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