Expression of c-Fos protein in the spinal cord after brachial plexus injury: Comparison of root avulsion and distal nerve transection

Neurosurgery

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1357-1363

  Zhao, Shurun ^a   Pang, Ying ^a   Beuerman, Roger W ^b   Thompson, Hilary W ^b   Kline, David G ^a,c  

^a LSU EYE CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus injury; C fos; Immediate early gene; Nerve root avulsion; Nerve transection; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; DENERVATION; MALE; NECK; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; THORAX; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0031747030     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199806000-00099     Document Type: Article

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