The characteristics of neuronal injury in a static compression model of spinal cord injury in adult rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 362-372

  Huang, W L ^a   George, K J ^a   Ibba, V ^b   Liu, M C ^a   Averill, S ^a   Quartu, M ^b   Hamlyn, P J ^c   Priestley, J V ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; ATF3; BBB; NeuN; Neuronal survival; p c Jun

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 3; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 3; ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMINECTOMY; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847029206     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.05284.x     Document Type: Article

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