Flunarizine enhances functional recovery following sciatic nerve crush lesion in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 263, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 97-100

  Patro, Isan K ^a   Chattopadhyay, Munmun ^a   Patro, Nisha ^a  

^a Neurobiology and Aging Unit   (India)

Author keywords

Flunarizine; Motor function; Nerve injury; Neuron; Rats; Sciatic nerve crush lesion

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; FLUNARIZINE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; CELL LOSS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INDICATION; EPILEPSY; MALE; MIGRAINE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SPINAL GANGLION;

EID: 0033605519     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00099-3     Document Type: Article

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