Effect of melatonin on the functional recovery from experimental traumatic compression of the spinal cord
Spinal cord injury is an extremely severe condition with no available effective therapies. We examined the effect of melatonin on traumatic compression of the spinal cord. Sixty male adult Wistar rats were divided into three groups: sham-operated animals and animals with 35 and 50% spinal cord compr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2013-04-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2013000400348&lng=en&tlng=en |