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Effects of a novel herbal formulation JSK on acute spinal cord injury in rats

Abstract

PURPOSE: Acute spinal cord injury (SCI) triggers multiple cellular and molecular pathways; therapy aimed at only one pathway is unlikely to succeed. Anecdotal reports indicate that a novel herbal formulation (JSK-Ji-Sui-Kang) may enhance recovery in humans with SCI. We investigated whether JSK's therapeutic effects could be verified in a well-established SCI model in rats. METHODS: Therapeutic effects of JSK were tested using a standard …

Authors

Su C; Zhang D; Truong J; Jiang C; Lee S; Jarouche M; Hennell JR; Rathbone MP; Sucher NJ; Jiang S

Journal

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, Vol. 31, No. 5, pp. 597–617

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Publication Date

October 2013

DOI

10.3233/rnn-120303

ISSN

0922-6028