Methylprednisolone reduces axonal impairment in the experimental model of brain oedema

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 831-835

  Kozler, Petr ^a   Riljak, Vladimír ^a   Pokorný, Jaroslav ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Axonal impairment; Brain oedema; Methylprednisolone; Myelin staining; Neuroprotection; Osmotic blood brain barrier opening

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYELIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN EDEMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DRUG EFFECT; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PERITONEAL CAVITY; RAT;

EID: 84857387097     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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