Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition
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Sichuan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban · Mar 2012
[Effect of gold belt on the BDNF and NMDA receptor expression and behaviour changes in rats following traumatic spinal cord injury].
To study the effects of gold belt (GB), a Chinese Herbal, on behavioral changes and brain derived neutrophic factor (BDNF) expression and N-methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA) receptor level in rats subjected to spinal cord injury (SCI). ⋯ The gold belt treatment could effectively improve motor function, increase expression of BDNF, reduce the level of NMDA receptors in SCI rats. These data suggested that the gold belt played a role in the neuroplasticity after spinal cord injury.