Combined treatment with progesterone and magnesium sulfate positively affects traumatic brain injury in immature rats

Turkish Neurosurgery

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 129-137

  Uysal, Nazan ^a   Baykara, Basak ^a   Kiray, Muge ^a   Cetin, Ferihan ^a   Aksu, Ilkay ^a   Dayi, Ayfer ^a   Gurpinar, Tugba ^b   Ozdemir, Durgul ^a   Arda, M Nuri ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Immature rat; Magnesium sulfate; Progesterone; Spatial learning and memory; Traumatic brain injury; VEGF

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875819264     PISSN: 10195149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.5582-11.1     Document Type: Article

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