Pathogenesis and pharmacological strategies for mitigating secondary damage in acute spinal cord injury

Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1027-1040

  Amar, Arun Paul ^a,b   Levy, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Neurological Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Excitotoxicity; Ischemia; Methylprednisolone; Neural regeneration; Secondary injury; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; GANGLIOSIDE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST;

DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MODEL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TISSUE INJURY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE REGENERATION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0032905498     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199905000-00052     Document Type: Review

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