Changes in ornithine decarboxylase activity and putrescine concentrations after spinal cord compression injury in the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 264, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 153-156

  Mautes, Angelika E M ^a   Paschen, Wulf ^b   Röhn, Gabriele ^b   Nacimiento, Amadeo C ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ornithine decarboxylase; Polyamines; Putrescine; Rat; Spinal cord compression

Indexed keywords

ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; PUTRESCINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LAMINECTOMY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STRESS;

ANIMALS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PUTRESCINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFERENCE VALUES; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 0033515706     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00197-4     Document Type: Article

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