Prosaposin facilitates sciatic nerve regeneration in vivo

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2019-2025

  Kotani, Yasunori ^a   Matsuda, Seiji ^a   Sakanaka, Masahiro ^a   Kondoh, Keiji ^a   Ueno, Shu Ichi ^a   Sano, Akira ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dorsal root ganglion; Motor neuron; Nerve regeneration; Neurotrophic; Prosaposin

Indexed keywords

PROSAPOSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GUINEA PIG; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOTONEURON; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL GANGLION;

EID: 0029970341     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.66052019.x     Document Type: Article

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