Brain protection by methylprednisolone in rats with spinal cord injury

NeuroReport

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 968-972

  Chang, Chia Mao ^a,d   Lee, Ming Hsueh ^a,d   Wang, Ting Chung ^a,d   Weng, Hsu Huei ^a,b   Chung, Chiu Yen ^c   Yang, Jen Tsung ^a,d  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Ascending brain injury; Methylprednisolone; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN PROTECTION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFECT; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; NEUROPROTECTION; NISSL STAINING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CYTOPROTECTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STAINING AND LABELING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 67651091442     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32832d0a28     Document Type: Article

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