A possible role of RhoA/Rho-kinase in experimental spinal cord injury in rat

Brain Research

Volumn 959, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-38

  Sung, Joo Kyung ^a   Miao, Liyan ^a   Calvert, John W ^a   Huang, Lixin ^a   Harkey, H Louis ^a   Zhang, John H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fasudil hydrochloride; Motor systems and sensorimotor integration; Rat; RhoA; Spinal cord injury; Y 27632

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; FASUDIL; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; RHO KINASE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

1-(5-ISOQUINOLINESULFONYL)-2-METHYLPIPERAZINE; ADP RIBOSE TRANSFERASES; AMIDES; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BOTULINUM TOXINS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PROTEINS; PYRIDINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0037414673     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)03717-4     Document Type: Article

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