VEGF mRNA induction correlates with changes in the vascular architecture upon spinal cord damage in the rat

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2549-2560

  Bartholdi, Deborah ^a   Rubin, Beatrix P ^a   Schwab, Martin E ^a  

^a University of Zurich Brain Research Institute   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; CNS; Lesion; X irradiation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MACROPHAGE; MICROGLIA; NERVE FIBER; NERVE INJURY; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD LESION; VASCULARIZATION; X RAY;

EID: 0031419189     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb01684.x     Document Type: Article

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