In vivo and in vitro evidence of the neurotoxic effects of ropivacaine: The role of the Akt signaling pathway

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1455-1459

  Sun, Zhihua ^a   Liu, Huining ^a   Guo, Qulian ^a   Xu, Xiaoping ^a   Zhang, Zhong ^a   Wang, Na ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Akt; Apoptosis; Local anesthetic; Neurotoxicity; Pc12 cells

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE B; ROPIVACAINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMIDES; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; MALE; PC12 CELLS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84868597585     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2012.1115     Document Type: Article

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