Minocycline protects motor but not autonomic neurons after cauda equina injury

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-77

  Hoang, Thao X ^a   Akhavan, Mahnaz ^a   Wu, Jun ^a   Havton, Leif A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Conus medullaris; Neuroprotection; Preganglionic parasympathetic neuron; Spinal cord injury; Ventral root avulsion

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MINOCYCLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CAUDA EQUINA; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOTONEURON; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VENTRAL ROOT AVULSION INJURY;

ANIMALS; CASPASE 3; CAUDA EQUINA; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MINOCYCLINE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 46649120495     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-008-1398-5     Document Type: Article

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