Early endogenous activation of CB1 and CB2 receptors after spinal cord injury is a protective response involved in spontaneous recovery.

Spinal cord injury (SCI) induces a cascade of processes that may further expand the damage (secondary injury) or, alternatively, may be part of a safeguard response. Here we show that after a moderate-severe contusive SCI in rats there is a significant and very early increase in the spinal cord cont...

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Main Authors: Angel Arevalo-Martin, Daniel Garcia-Ovejero, Yolanda Sierra-Palomares, Beatriz Paniagua-Torija, Ines Gonzalez-Gil, Silvia Ortega-Gutierrez, Eduardo Molina-Holgado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23152849/?tool=EBI