Neuroprotective effect of bone marrow stromal cell combination with atorvastatin in rat model of spinal cord injury

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 4967-4974

  Li, Fang ^a   Fei, Dan ^b   Sun, Libo ^b   Zhang, Sixun ^a   Yuan, Yue ^a   Zhang, L ^a   Zhao, Kuiming ^a   Li, Rui ^a   Yu, Yanbing ^a  

^a CHINA JAPAN FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL   (China)

^b CHINA JAPAN UNION HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atorvastatin; Bone marrow stromal cells; Neuroprotective; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MYELOPEROXIDASE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASSO BEATTIE AND BRESNAHAN TEST; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; BONE MARROW STROMA CELL; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; EXPERIMENTAL LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY TEST; FEMALE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMINECTOMY; LOCOMOTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; UPREGULATION; WALKING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84921489176     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19405901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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