Therapeutic efficacy of Ac-DMQD-CHO, a caspase 3 inhibitor, for rat spinal cord injury

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 672-678

  Akdemir, Osman ^a   Berksoy, Ismail ^a   Karaoǧlan, Alper ^a   Barut, Şeref ^a   Bilguvar, Kaya ^b   Çirakoǧlu, Beyazit ^b   Şahan, Elife ^a   Çolak, Ahmet ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ac DMQD CHO; Apoptosis; Caspase; Caspase 3 inhibitor; Programmed cell death; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3 INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; DRUG EFFICACY; EDEMA; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LAMINECTOMY; MICROSCOPY; NECROSIS; NEUTROPHIL; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THROMBUS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL COUNT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LAMINECTOMY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OLIGOPEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 43049094722     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2007.06.014     Document Type: Article

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