Effects of polyethylene glycol and magnesium sulfate administration on clinically relevant neurological outcomes after spinal cord injury in the rat

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1458-1467

  Ditor, David S ^a,c   John, Sunil M ^a   Roy, Josee ^b   Marx, Jeffrey C ^b   Kittmer, Colin ^a   Weaver, Lynne C ^a  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Medtronic Spinal and Biologics   (United States)

^c BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Locomotor function; Magnesium sulfate; Neuropathic pain; Polyethylene glycol; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

MACROGOL; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; LOCOMOTION; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MALE; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PAIN THRESHOLD; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34248187020     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21283     Document Type: Article

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