Fig. 11.1 The application of cyclic tensile strain induced apoptotic cell death in spinal cord cells. Representative serial photomicrographs are shown of cells exposed to a tensile strain of 10…
Fig. 4.1 In vitro evaluation of the ER stress response in cultured cells. The percentage of C6 glioma cells positive for GRP78 and Annexin V/PI (AP) after treatment with 24–72…
Fig. 10.1 Representative HE-stained sagittal and axial images of the twy mice. Scale bar: 1 mm (a), 500 μm (d). Sagittal and axial MRI (b, c, e) showed notable cervical…
G-CSF Control P Number of cases 19 26 Gender Male 13 20 Female 6 6 Age (years) 57.7 ± 9.34 (38–68) 58.5 ± 18.0 (23–85) 0.871 Cause of injury Fall 11 16 Road…
Fig. 5.1 Histological changes in spinal cord tissue 48 h after the compression injury. Rats were treated with thoracic cord compression by a 20-g weight for 20 min (b, c)…
Kenzo Uchida, Masaya Nakamura, Hiroshi Ozawa, Shinsuke Katoh and Yoshiaki Toyama (eds.)Neuroprotection and Regeneration of the Spinal Cord201410.1007/978-4-431-54502-6_2 © Springer Japan 2014 2. Microenvironment Within the Injured Spinal Cord Focusing on IL-6 Masaya Nakamura1 (1) Department of Orthopedic Surgery,…
Fig. 3.1 Process of autophagy. A small volume of cytoplasm is enclosed by the isolation membrane, which results in the formation of an autophagosome. The autophagosome fuses with the lysosome…
