Early administration of l-arginine in experimental acute spinal cord injury impairs long-term motor function recovery

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1198-1202

  Esquivel Aguilar, Abdieel ^a,b   Castañeda Hernández, Gilberto ^b   Martínez Cruz, Angelina ^a   Franco Bourland, Rebecca E ^c   Madrazo, Ignacio ^a   Guízar Sahagún, Gabriel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE REHABILITACIÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Neuroprotectant; Nitric oxide; Posttraumatic ischemia; Secondary injury; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; MYELIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOLOGY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LOCOMOTION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955778086     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181e3e5c1     Document Type: Article

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