(-)-Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) attenuates peripheral nerve degeneration in rat sciatic nerve crush injury

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 221-231

  Renno, Waleed M ^a   Al Maghrebi, May ^a   Alshammari, Ahmad ^a   George, Preethi ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; Bcl 2; Green tea; Survivin

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; MESSENGER RNA; MYELIN; POLYPHENOL; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53; SURVIVIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE INJURY;

ANIMALS; CATECHIN; CRUSH SYNDROME; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCIATIC NERVE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84873255976     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: 18729754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2012.12.018     Document Type: Article

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