Activated protein C reduces the severity of compression-induced spinal cord injury in rats by inhibiting activation of leukocytes

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1393-1398

  Taoka, Yuji ^a   Okajima, Kenji ^a   Uchiba, Mitsuhiro ^a   Murakami, Kazunori ^a   Harada, Naoaki ^b   Johno, Masayoshi ^a   Naruo, Masakuni ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Naruo Orthopedic Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activated protein C; Leukocytes; Motor disturbances; Neutrophils; Post traumatic spinal cord injury; TNF

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TISSUE INJURY;

EID: 0032519883     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-04-01393.1998     Document Type: Article

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