Intraspinal injection of embryonic neurons maintains muscle phenotype in adult chronic spinal rats

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 324-329

  Cooper, R N ^a   Feraboli Lohnherr, D ^a   Butler Browne, G ^a   Orsal, D ^a   Gimenez Y Ribotta, M ^b   Privat, A ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

gastrocnemius; intraspinal transplantation; monoaminergic neurons; soleus; spinalization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; EMBRYO CELL; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; DECEREBRATE STATE; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FETUS; HINDLIMB; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PARAPLEGIA; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN;

EID: 0029908412     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19961101)46:3<324::AID-JNR5>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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