Robust growth of chronically injured spinal cord axons induced by grafts of genetically modified NGF-secreting cells

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 444-452

  Grill, R J ^a,b   Blesch, A ^a   Tuszynski, M H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic spinal cord injury; Gene therapy; Genetically modified fibroblasts; Graft; Nerve growth factor; Regeneration; Supraspinal; Trophic factors

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GENE THERAPY; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0031408944     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1997.6704     Document Type: Article

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