Does cyclophosphamide play a protective role against neuronal loss in Chronic T. cruzi infection?

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2929-2934

  Caetano, Leony Cristina ^a   Zucoloto, Sérgio ^a   Kawasse, Laura Midori ^a   Toldo, Miriam Paula Alonso ^a   Do Prado Jr , José Clóvis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Calomys callosus; Colon; Cyclophosphamide; Myenteric plexus; Nitric oxide; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; NITRIC OXIDE;

AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ARVICOLINAE; CELL COUNT; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLON; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NITRIC OXIDE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 53849120541     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-008-0260-8     Document Type: Article

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