PRECLINICAL PUBLICATION · 2014

An acute growth factor treatment that preserves function after spinal cord contusion injury.

Rat / Spinal cord injury

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Vascular endothelial growth factor combined with platelet-derived growth factor

PMID 24836764 ↗2014Reported benefit

An acute growth factor treatment that preserves function after spinal cord contusion injury.

RatSpinal cord injuryContusionWistarfemaleOsmotic minipump delivery to the injury siteDelivery began immediately after injury

Model: Contusion spinal cord injury

Combined growth factor treatment gave BBB scores of about 18 compared with about 10 in controls, with reduced lesion cavity size and reduced glial activation.

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