Neuroprotection of spinal motoneurons following targeted transduction with an adenoviral vector carrying the gene for glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 102-112

  Baumgartner, Brian J ^a   Shine, H David ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenoviral vector; Axotomy; GDNF; Motoneurons; Neuroprotection; Neurotrophic factors; Retrograde transport; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON;

EID: 0031687457     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1998.6878     Document Type: Article

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