Growth hormone attenuates alterations in spinal cord evoked potentials and cell injury following trauma to the rat spinal cord
| Autor: | Erik Stålberg, T. Winkler, Fred Nyberg, Jan Westman, Rajendra D. Badgaiyan, Hari Shanker Sharma |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Cord business.industry Organic Chemistry Clinical Biochemistry Cell Cell injury medicine.disease Growth hormone Spinal cord Biochemistry Rat growth hormone medicine.anatomical_structure Endocrinology Anesthesia Edema Internal medicine medicine medicine.symptom business Spinal cord injury |
| Zdroj: | Amino Acids. 19:363-371 |
| ISSN: | 1438-2199 0939-4451 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s007260070067 |
| Popis: | The influence of exogenous rat growth hormone on spinal cord injury induced alterations in spinal cord evoked potentials (SCEP) and edema formation was examined in a rat model. Repeated topical application of rat growth hormone (20microl of 1microg/ml solution) applied 30min before injury and at 0min (at the time of injury), 10min, 30min, 60min, 120min, 180min, and 240min, resulted in a marked preservation of SCEP amplitude after injury. In addition, the treated traumatised cord showed significantly less edema and cell changes. These observations suggest that growth hormone has the capacity to improve spinal cord conduction and attenuate edema formation and cell injury in the cord indicating a potential therapeutic implication of this peptide in spinal cord injuries. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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