Protein kinase inhibition by fasudil hydrochloride promotes neurological recovery after spinal cord injury in rats

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 93, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2000, Pages 94-101

  Hara, Masahito ^a   Takayasu, Masakazu ^a   Watanabe, Kazuhiko ^a   Noda, Atsushi ^a   Takagi, Teruhide ^a   Suzuki, Yoshio ^a   Yoshida, Jun ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fasudil hydrochloride; Rat; Spinal cord blood flow; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

FASUDIL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYELOPEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONTUSION; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; LEUKOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VASOSPASM;

EID: 0033946174     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2000.93.1.0094     Document Type: Article

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