Radiation-induced endothelial cell loss and reduction of the relative magnitude of the blood flow in the rat spinal cord

Brain Research

Volumn 1583, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 193-200

  Zhang, Jing ^d   Wei, Li ^b   Sun, Wan Liang ^e   Wang, Lei ^c   Zhang, Wei Jing ^a   You, Hua ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^b Chongqing Population and Family Planning Science and Technology Research Institute   (China)

^c HUBEI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (China)

^d JINZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e PLA 205 Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Endothelial cell; Myelopathy; Radiation; Spinal cord blood flow

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60; COBALT;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GRAY MATTER; IRRADIATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RAT; REDUCTION; SPINAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL CORD FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD LESION; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; WHITE MATTER; ANIMAL; BLOOD FLOW; CERVICAL SPINE; EXPERIMENTAL RADIATION INJURY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROVASCULATURE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; SPINAL CORD; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME; VASCULARIZATION;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GRAY MATTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROVESSELS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84922645350     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.06.014     Document Type: Article

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