Budget Amount *help |
¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
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Research Abstract |
Ventral horn motor neurons (VMN) are selectively vulnerable to mild spinal cord injury (SCI) ; however, the mechanisms of cell death had not been understood. Mild compression SCI was induced in Sprague-Dawley rats, and superoxide production and apoptotic DNA injury were characterized. Increased superoxide production was observed exclusively in VMN after SCI. Subsequently, a majority of VMN (80%) selectively underwent delayed apoptotic cell death. These results suggest that the oxidative stress plays a pivotal role in apoptotic VMN death after SCI.
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