Ethanol extract of Chinese propolis facilitates functional recovery of locomotor activity after spinal cord injury

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Furukawa, Shoei ^a   Kasai, Masaki ^a   Fukumitsu, Hidefumi ^a   Soumiya, Hitomi ^a  

^a GIFU PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NITRIC OXIDE; PROPOLIS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT DURATION; VERTEBRA;

EID: 77958120356     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/749627     Document Type: Article

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