The correlation between nitric oxide and vascular endothelial growth factor in spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 113-117

  Savas, S ^a   Savas, C ^a   Altuntas, I ^a   Adiloglu, A ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide; Spinal cord injury; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; MALONALDEHYDE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FREE RADICALS; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 38949116405     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3102066     Document Type: Article

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