Protective effect of melatonin on experimental spinal cord ischemia

Spinal Cord

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 533-538

  Erten, S F ^a   Kocak, A ^a   Ozdemir, I ^a   Aydemir, S ^a   Colak, A ^b   Reeder, B S ^a,c  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Taksim First Aid Hospital   (Turkey)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalase; Glutathione peroxidase; Lipid peroxidation; Melatonin; Spinal cord ischemia; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; ENZYME; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID; MALONALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA CLAMPING; AORTA OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUTHANASIA; EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY; LAPAROTOMY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REPERFUSION; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATALASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; RABBITS; REPERFUSION INJURY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0141956538     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101508     Document Type: Article

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