Regenerating and Sprouting Axons Differ in Their Requirements for Growth after Injury

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-72

  Bernstein Goral, Holli ^a   Diener, Pamela S ^a,b   Bregman, Barbara S ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORESCENT DYE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN TRANSPLANTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORDOTOMY; CYTOLOGY; EFFERENT NERVE; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LOCUS CERULEUS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NERVE REGENERATION; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RAT; RED NUCLEUS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TRANSPLANTATION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORDOTOMY; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; FLUORESCENT DYES; HIPPOCAMPUS; LOCUS COERULEUS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RED NUCLEUS; SEROTONIN; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031265975     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1997.6632     Document Type: Article

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