Simvastatin protects ischemic spinal cord injury from cell death and cytotoxicity through decreasing oxidative stress: in vitro primary cultured rat spinal cord model under oxygen and glucose deprivation-reoxygenation conditions
Ischemia and the following reperfusion damage are critical mechanisms of spinal cord injury. Statins have been reported to decrease ischemia –reperfusion injury in many organs including the spinal cord. Anti-ox...
Source: Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Hye-Min Sohn, Jin-Young Hwang, Jung-Hee Ryu, Jinhee Kim, Seongjoo Park, Jin-woo Park and Sung-Hee Han Source Type: research