Methylprednisolone administration improves axonal regeneration into Schwann cell grafts in transected adult rat thoracic spinal cord

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 261-276

  Chen, Aqing ^a   Xu, Xiao Ming ^a   Kleitman, Naomi ^a   Bunge, Mary Bartlett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0029985953     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1996.0065     Document Type: Article

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