The effects of topical L-arginine and Ng-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester after experimental acute spinal cord injury. A light and electron microscopic study

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 184-190

  Yüceer, Nurullah ^a   Tuna, Hakan ^b   Attar, Ayhan ^b   Sargon, Mustafa F ^c   Egemen, Nihat ^b  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; L arginine; Ng nitro L arginine methyl ester; Spinal cord injury; Vascular injury

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AXOPLASM; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYELINATION; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERINEURIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; ARGININE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; RABBITS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA;

EID: 0036936912     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-001-0193-6     Document Type: Article

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