FK506 protects neurons following peripheral nerve injury via immunosuppression

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1049-1057

  Saxena, Kapil ^a   Patro, Nisha ^a,b   Patro, Ishan ^a  

^a JIWAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Institute of Applied Science and Computer Applications   (India)

Author keywords

FK506; Immunosuppression; Microglia; Neuroprotection; Sciatic nerve injury

Indexed keywords

TACROLIMUS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MICROGLIA; MOTONEURON; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURVIVAL TIME;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOPROTECTION; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MICROGLIA; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCIATIC NERVE; TACROLIMUS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 38649090705     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-007-9221-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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