Does pinealectomy affect the recovery rate after spinal cord injury?

Neurological Research

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 533-539

  Ates, Ozkan ^a,b   Cayli, Suleyman ^a   Gurses, Iclal ^a   Yucel, Neslihan ^a   Altinoz, Eyup ^a   Iraz, Mustafa ^a   Kocak, Ayhan ^a   Yologlu, Saim ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Melatonin; Neurobehavior; Oxidative stress; Pinealectomy; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; NITRIC OXIDE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PINEALECTOMY; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUTATHIONE; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; NITRIC OXIDE; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

EID: 34748827364     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164107X172121     Document Type: Article

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