Lithium Protects Against Spinal Cord Injury in Rats: Role of Nitric Oxide

Journal of Neurological Surgery, Part A: Central European Neurosurgery

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 427-433

  Zakeri, Marjan ^a,b,c   Afshari, Khashayar ^a,b   Gharedaghi, Mohammad Hadi ^a,b   Shahsiah, Reza ^d   Rahimian, Reza ^a,b   Maleki, Farid ^d   Dehpour, Ahmad Reza ^b   Javidan, Abbas Norouzi ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

lithium; nitric oxide; N nitro l arginine methyl ester; rat; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM CHLORIDE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BLOOD; METABOLISM; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MALE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84935463511     PISSN: 21936315     EISSN: 21936323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1345098     Document Type: Article

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