Increased calpain content and progressive degradation of neurofilament protein in spinal cord injury

Brain Research

Volumn 752, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 301-306

  Banik, Naren L ^a   Matzelle, Denise C ^a   Gantt Wilford, Gloria ^a   Osborne, Anne ^a   Hogan, Edward L ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

calpain; expression; neurofilament protein; proteinase; spinal cord; trauma

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; CALPAIN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0031002146     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01488-6     Document Type: Article

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