Open AccessThe Neuroprotective Effect of Puerarin in Acute Spinal Cord Injury Rats
Author(s) -
Dapeng Zhang,
Guozhang Ma,
Mingming Hou,
Tao Zhang,
Limin Chen,
Chengbin Zhao
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
cellular physiology and biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.486
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1421-9778
pISSN - 1015-8987
DOI - 10.1159/000447822
Subject(s) - puerarin , neuroprotection , spinal cord injury , tunel assay , spinal cord , pi3k/akt/mtor pathway , western blot , medicine , apoptosis , inflammation , immunostaining , protein kinase b , pharmacology , pathology , immunology , chemistry , immunohistochemistry , biochemistry , alternative medicine , psychiatry , gene
Acute spinal cord injury (SCI) leads to permanent disabilities. This study evaluated the neuroprotective effect of puerarin, a natural extract, in a rat model of SCI.
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