Effectiveness of riluzole in suppressing spasticity in the spinal cord injured rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 455, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 150-153

  Kitzman, Patrick H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Muscle hyperreflexia; Presynaptic glutamate inhibition

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; RILUZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RILUZOLE; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TAIL;

EID: 63449138429     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.03.016     Document Type: Article

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