Melatonin alleviates acute spinal cord injury in rats through promoting on progenitor cells proliferation

The previous studies have shown that melatonin is beneficial for nervous system after spinal cord injury (SCI). After SCI, the endogenous neural stem/progenitor cells (eNSPCs) proliferate and differentiate into neurons and glial cells. In the present study, we examined the effect of melatonin on eNS...

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Main Authors: Bolong Zheng, Dingjun Hao, Hua Guo, Baorong He
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-05-01
Series:Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319016417300907