Hyperbaric oxygen therapy provides neuroprotection following spinal cord injury in a rat model

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1337-1342

  Huang, Huai ^a   Xue, Lei ^b   Zhang, Xu ^a   Weng, Qibiao ^b   Chen, Huiqiang ^a   Gu, Jing ^a   Ye, Shuilin ^a   Chen, Xiaodong ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Liao, Huangyi ^c  

^a GUANGZHOU GENERAL HOSPITAL OF GUANGZHOU MILITARY COMMAND   (China)

^b SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Xinhui People's Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Hyperbaric oxygen; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Nitric oxide; Rat; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; NOS2 PROTEIN, RAT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DISEASE MODEL; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84883015453     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19362625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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