Apoptosis as a mechanism of neuronal cell death following acute experimental spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 683-690

  Lou, J ^a   Lenke, L G ^a,b   Ludwig, F J ^a   O'Brien, M F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute spinal cord injury; Apoptosis; Neuronal death; Secondary injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; DNA NICK TRANSLATION; INFLAMMATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TISSUE INJURY;

EID: 0031783704     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100632     Document Type: Article

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