Effects of neurotransplants and BDNF on the survival and regeneration of injured adult spinal motoneurons

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2774-2777

  Novikova, Lioudmila ^a   Novikov, Lev ^a   Kellerth, Jan Olof ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Embryonic transplants; Fluorescent tracers; Peripheral nerve grafts; Rat; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; VENTRAL ROOT;

EID: 0031428873     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb01706.x     Document Type: Article

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