Neuroprotective effects of the immunodepressant FTY720 on caspase-3 expression and neural apoptosis in a rat model of acute spinal cord injury

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 700-705

  Yang, Liang ^a   Lü, Decheng ^a   Zheng, Lianjie ^a   Wang, Zhaohui ^a   Tang, Kai ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Li, Xiaotian ^a  

^a DALIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Caspase 3; FTY720; Neural apoptosis; Neural regeneration; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; FINGOLIMOD; PEROXIDASE; STREPTAVIDIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SHAM PROCEDURE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

EID: 77955190731     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2010.09.011     Document Type: Article

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