Neurotrophic factors increase axonal growth after spinal cord injury and transplantation in the adult rat

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 475-494

  Bregman, Barbara S ^a   McAtee, Marietta ^a   Dai, Hai Ning ^a   Kuhn, Penelope L ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

axonal sprouting; Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Neurotrophin 3

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0031427410     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1997.6705     Document Type: Article

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