Autophagy Is Activated in Injured Neurons and Inhibited by Methylprednisolone After Experimental Spinal Cord Injury

Study design Experimental, controlled trial, animal study. Objective To assess autophagy expression after rat spinal cord injury (SCI) and investigate the effect of methylprednisolone treatment on autophagy. Summary of background data Although it is evident that SCI induces necrosis and apoptosis…