Simultaneous treatment with BDNF and CNTF after peripheral nerve transection and repair enhances rate of functional recovery compared with BDNF treatment alone

Laryngoscope

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 992-999

  Lewin, Sheryl L ^a   Utley, David S ^a   Cheng, Elbert T ^a   Verity, A Neil ^a   Terris, David J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MYELIN ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PUMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AXONS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HINDLIMB; INFUSION PUMPS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; MYELIN-ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030741376     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199707000-00029     Document Type: Article

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