Spinal cord injury: Bridging the lesion and the role of neurotrophic factors in repair

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 117, Issue , 1998, Pages 455-471

  Houweling, D A ^a   Bar, P R ^a   Gispen, W H ^a   Joosten, E A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MELANOCORTIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANIMAL MODEL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBRYO; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL; NERVE GRAFT; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0031771726     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)64032-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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