Valproic acid reduces autophagy and promotes functional recovery after spinal cord injury in rats

Neuroscience Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 484-492

  Hao, Hai Hu ^a   Wang, Li ^a   Guo, Zhi Jian ^b   Bai, Lang ^b   Zhang, Rui Ping ^a   Shuang, Wei Bing ^a   Jia, Yi Jia ^a   Wang, Jie ^a   Li, Xiao Yu ^a   Liu, Qiang ^a  

^a SHANXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Taiyuan City Centre Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

autophagy; Beclin 1; LC3; spinal cord injury; valproic acid

Indexed keywords

BECLIN 1; MESSENGER RNA; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN LIGHT CHAIN 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; BASSO BEATTIE BRESNAHAN SCORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MYELIN SHEATH; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; AUTOPHAGY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 84881171157     PISSN: 16737067     EISSN: 19958218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12264-013-1355-6     Document Type: Article

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