The proximity of the lesion to cell bodies determines the free radical risk induced in rat rubrospinal neurons subjected to axonal injury

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 207, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 439-451

  Liu, P H ^a   Tsai, H Y ^b   Chung, Y W ^b   Wang, Y J ^a   Tseng, G F ^b  

^a TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Calcineurin; NO; Spinal cord injury; Superoxide; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; FREE RADICAL; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PEROXYNITRITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; BRAIN STEM; CELL LOSS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUBROSPINAL TRACT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; AXOTOMY; CALCINEURIN; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; FREE RADICALS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; NEURONS; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RED NUCLEUS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 1642354719     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-003-0361-2     Document Type: Article

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