Accelerated functional recovery and neuroprotection by agmatine after spinal cord ischemia in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 296, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 97-100

  Gilad, Gad M ^a   Gilad, Varda H ^a  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Decarboxylated arginine; Motoneurons; Neuroprotective treatment; Neurotrauma; Rat model; Transient ischemia

Indexed keywords

AGMATINE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG EFFICACY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGMATINE; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA;

EID: 0034704417     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01625-6     Document Type: Article

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