Effects of a Calcium Channel - Blocking Agent , Nimodipine , on Injured - Spinal Cord Na + - K + - ATPase Activity
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Five minutes before spina! cord injury. an 0.02 mg/kg dese of nimodipine was started via a femora! catheter and continued for 96 hours after injury. Pre-and post-injury and post-infusion mean arterla! blood pressure (MABP)recordings were obtained. The levels of injured cord sodium-potassium-adenosine triphosphatase activity were measured. There was a statistical!y significant decrease in MABP after cord injury and also a smal! but not significant increase in MABP after the beginning of nimodipine infusion.
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تاریخ انتشار 2007