Neuroprotective effect of tempol (4 hydroxy-tempo) on neuronal death induced by sciatic nerve transection in neonatal rats

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 106, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-8

  Chiarotto, Gabriela Bortolança ^a   Drummond, Luisa ^a   Cavarretto, Gabriela ^a   Bombeiro, André Luis ^a   De Oliveira, Alexandre Leite Rodrigues ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Neuronal survival; Neuroprotection; Sciatic nerve; Spinal cord; Tempol

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TEMPOL; AMINE OXIDE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; SPIN LABELING;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEUROPIL; NEUROPROTECTION; NEWBORN; NICK END LABELING; NISSL STAINING; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCIATIC NERVE TRANSECTION; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; MOTONEURON; PHYSIOLOGY; SCIATIC NERVE; SPIN LABELING; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CELL SURVIVAL; CYCLIC N-OXIDES; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCIATIC NERVE; SPIN LABELS;

EID: 84899960608     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: 18732747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2014.04.010     Document Type: Article

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