Brain-derived neurotrophic factor reduces necrotic zone and supports neuronal survival after spinal cord hemisection in adult rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 220, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 203-206

  Novikova, L ^a   Novikov, L ^a   Kellerth, J O ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Cell death; Fast blue; Motoneurons; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NECROSIS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 0030596134     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(96)13267-5     Document Type: Article

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