Creatine diet supplement for spinal cord injury: Influences on functional recovery and tissue sparing in rats

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 659-669

  Rabchevsky, Alexander G ^a,b   Sullivan, Patrick G ^a,b   Fugaccia, Isabella ^a   Scheff, Stephen W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuroprotection; Rat; Stereology; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CREATINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; REMISSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STEREOLOGY;

EID: 0042804970     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/089771503322144572     Document Type: Article

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