Effects of Lithium on Peripheral Neuropathy Induced by Vincristine in Rats

Vincristine (VCR) as a frequently used antimitotic agent which is commonly prescribed for wide spectrum of neoplasm, causes mixed sensorimotor neuropathy. Several evidences show lithium could be a neuroprotective agent, therefore to assess whether a pretreatment and at subtherapeutic dose it could p...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Sharifzadeh, Mohammad Reza Hadian, Gholamreza Hassanzadeh, Shahram Ejtemaei Mehr, Nasir Pourmohammadi, Houman Alimoradi, Azam Bakhtiarian, Ahmad Reza Dehpour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2012-06-01
Series:Acta Medica Iranica
Subjects:
Rat
Online Access:http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/21197.pdf&manuscript_id=21197