Morphological changes of the neural cells after blast injury of spinal cord and neuroprotective effects of sodium β-aescinate in rabbits

Injury

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 707-716

  Wang, Yuqing ^a   Ye, Zhengxu ^a   Hu, Xueyu ^a   Huang, Jinghui ^a   Luo, Zhuojing ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aescinate; Apoptosis; Blast injury; Blast overpressure; Pathomorphology; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

BETA ESCIN; CYCLONITE; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERBARISM; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROPROTECTION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STAINING;

EID: 77957145306     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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