Chronological response of prostacyclin changes to moderately low doses of radiation in rat cervical spinal cord

Iranian Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 129-136

  Mahdavi, Sied Rabi ^a   Nikoofar, A R ^b   Mirzaee, H R ^c   Mofid, B ^c   Mohammadi, R ^d  

^a BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZANJAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Low irradiation dose; Prostacyclin; Radiation myelopathy; Time effects

Indexed keywords

PROSTACYCLIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD VESSEL; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RAT; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; WISTAR RAT; X IRRADIATION;

EID: 34447306942     PISSN: 23223243     EISSN: 17284562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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