Role of melatonin in traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury

Scientific World Journal

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Naseem, Mehar ^a   Parvez, Suhel ^a  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MELATONIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN EDEMA; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; ANIMAL; BRAIN INJURIES; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MELATONIN; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84920520116     PISSN: 23566140     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/586270     Document Type: Review

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