A Direct Comparison of Three Clinically Relevant Treatments in a Rat Model of Cervical Spinal Cord Injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 32, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 1633-1644

  Hosier, Hillary ^a   Peterson, David ^a   Tsymbalyuk, Orest ^a   Keledjian, Kaspar ^a   Smith, Bradley R ^a   Ivanova, Svetlana ^a   Gerzanich, Volodymyr ^a   Popovich, Phillip G ^b   Simard, J Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

glibenclamide; hypothermia; rat; riluzole; spinal cord injury; sulfonylurea receptor 1 (Sur1)

Indexed keywords

GLIBENCLAMIDE; RILUZOLE; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLADDER FUNCTION; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD; SYSTEMIC HYPOTHERMIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; INJURIES; LONG EVANS RAT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROCEDURES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CERVICAL CORD; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GLYBURIDE; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RILUZOLE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84946092418     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2015.3892     Document Type: Article

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