Melatonin plus exercise-based neurorehabilitative therapy for spinal cord injury

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 201-209

  Hong, Yonggeun ^a,b   Palaksha, K J ^a   Park, Kanghui ^a   Park, Sookyoung ^a   Kim, Hyun Dong ^a   Reiter, Russel J ^c   Chang, Kyu Tae ^b  

^a Inje University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

animal model; exercise; melatonin; rehabilitation; secondary oxidative damage; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; QUIPAZINE; SCAVENGER;

CONVALESCENCE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; MELATONIN; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 77956333316     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2010.00786.x     Document Type: Review

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