Serum cortisol levels following acute experimental spinal cord injury

GEZİCİ A. R., KARAKAŞ A., Ergun R., GÜNDÜZ B.

NEUROLOGIA I NEUROCHIRURGIA POLSKA, cilt.43, sa.4, ss.352-357, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 43 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Dergi Adı: NEUROLOGIA I NEUROCHIRURGIA POLSKA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.352-357
  • Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background and purpose: Cortisol has neuroprotective effects. We monitored the serum cortisol levels after cervical and thoracic spinal cord injury (SCI) in four groups of rats. Materials and methods: Forty male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomized to four groups. The control group received neither laminectomy nor SCI. The sham group received laminectomy without SCT. The cervical spinal trauma group received a C5-C6 laminectomy and spinal trauma at this level. The thoracic spinal trauma group received a T6-T7 laminectomy and spinal trauma. Blood samples were drawn 2, 6, 12 and 24 hours after surgeries and assayed immediately.