Dexamethasone and vitamin B12 synergistically promote peripheral nerve regeneration in rats by upregulating the expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 924-930

  Sun, Hongzhi ^a   Yang, Tao ^a   Li, Qing ^a   Zhu, Zhitu ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Bai, Guang ^a   Li, Dongsheng ^a   Li, Qiang ^a   Wang, Wei ^a  

^a JINZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Dexamethasone; Peripheral nerve repair; Sciatic nerve; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; NEUROTROPHIN 3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYELINATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE INJURY; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UPREGULATION; WALKING;

EID: 84869784795     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2012.31623     Document Type: Article

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