Preventive effects of intrathecal methylprednisolone administration on spinal cord ischemia in rats: The role of excitatory amino acid metabolizing systems

Neuroscience

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 294-303

  Wu, G J ^a,b,c   Chen, W F ^d   Sung, C S ^e   Jean, Y H ^f   Shih, C M ^g   Shyu, C Y ^h   Wen, Z H ⁱ  

^a SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f PINGTUNG CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^g TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^h RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

glutamate metabolizing systems; intrathecal; methylprednisolone; spinal cord ischemia

Indexed keywords

EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 1; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PARAPLEGIA; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 1; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 3; EXCITATORY AMINO ACIDS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA;

EID: 34250214148     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.04.040     Document Type: Article

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