Pregabalin as a neuroprotector after spinal cord injury in rats

European Spine Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 864-872

  Ha, Kee Yong ^a   Kim, Young Hoon ^a,b   Rhyu, Kee Won ^a   Kwon, Soon Eok ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Excitotoxicity; Oligodendrocyte; Pregabalin; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MINOCYCLINE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; PREGABALIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITOTOXICITY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; INFLAMMATION; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MICROGLIA; MINOCYCLINE; MODELS, ANIMAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 45449084807     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-008-0653-6     Document Type: Article

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