Spinal cord regeneration induced by a voltage-gated calcium channel agonist

Neurological Research

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 639-642

  Unlu, Agahan ^a   Hariharan, Nithya ^a   Iskandar, Bermans J ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium channel agonist; Dorsal root ganglion; Nerve regeneration; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIHYDRO 2,6 DIMETHYL 5 NITRO 4 [2 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL] 3 PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL STIMULATING AGENT; GROWTH FACTOR; MYELIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

3-PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID, 1,4-DIHYDRO-2,6-DIMETHYL-5-NITRO-4-(2-(TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL)-, METHYL ESTER; ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL AGONISTS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; DENERVATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLUORESCENT DYES; GANGLIA, SPINAL; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROGRADE DEGENERATION; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STILBAMIDINES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036789282     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164102101200672     Document Type: Article

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