Calpain inhibitors prevent neuronal cell death and ameliorate motor disturbances after compression-induced spinal cord injury in rats

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 398-406

  Arataki, Shinya ^a   Tomizawa, Kazuhito ^a   Moriwaki, Akiyoshi ^a   Nishida, Keiichirou ^a   Matsushita, Masayuki ^a   Ozaki, Toshifumi ^a   Kunisada, Toshiyuki ^a   Yoshida, Aki ^a   Inoue, Hajime ^a   Matsui, Hideki ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Motor neuron; SCI; Spinal cord; Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase uridine nucleotide end labeling technique

Indexed keywords

[1 [(1 FORMYL 2 PHENYLETHYL)CARBAMOYL] 2 METHYLPROPYL]CARBAMIC ACID BENZYL ESTER; CALPASTATIN; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; N ACETYLLEUCYLLEUCYLMETHIONINAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; CALPAIN; CELL DEATH; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLYCOPROTEINS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 20144387326     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2005.22.398     Document Type: Article

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