Combined therapy of methylprednisolone and brain-derived neurotrophic factor promotes axonal regeneration and functional recovery after spinal cord injury in rats

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 414-418

  Li, Lixin ^a   Xu, Qiwu ^b   Wu, Youzhang ^a   Hu, Weixing ^a   Gu, Peiyuan ^a   Fu, Zhen ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Methylprednisolone; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GENTAMICIN; KETAMINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN; XYLAZINE;

ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HINDLIMB; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; RAT; REMYELINIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THORACIC SPINE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYELIN PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 12444263217     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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