The effects of cyclosporin-A on functional outcome and axonal regrowth following spinal cord injury in adult rats

Acta Medica Iranica

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 226-232

  Roozbehi, Amrollah ^a   Joghataie, Mohammad Taghi ^b   Mehdizadeh, Mehdi ^b   Mirzaei, Ali ^a   Delaviz, Hamdollah ^a  

^a YASUJ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cyclosporin A; Motor neurons; Recovery of function; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CYCLOSPORINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84864254277     PISSN: 00446025     EISSN: 17359694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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