Riluzole promotes cell survival and neurite outgrowth in rat sensory neurones in vitro

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3343-3353

  Shortland, Peter J ^a   Leinster, Veronica H L ^a   White, William ^a   Robson, Lesley G ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell death; Dorsal root ganglion; Nerve injury; Neuritogenesis; Root injury

Indexed keywords

RILUZOLE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GANGLIA, SPINAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURITES; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RILUZOLE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TUBULIN;

EID: 33845628191     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.05218.x     Document Type: Article

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