Schwann cells genetically modified to secrete human BDNF promote enhanced axonal regrowth across transected adult rat spinal cord

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 607-621

  Menei, Philippe ^a,c   Montero Menei, Claudia ^a,c   Whittemore, Scott R ^a   Bunge, Richard P ^a   Bunge, Mary Bartlett ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

CNS regeneration; Raphe neurones; Reticular nuclei; Schwann cell transplantation; Spinal cord injury; Vestibular neurones

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FAST BLUE; NEUROTROPHIN 3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; HYPOTHALAMUS; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETROVIRUS; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; SPINAL GANGLION; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELLS, CULTURED; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SCHWANN CELLS; SPINAL CORD; TRANSFECTION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0031814388     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00071.x     Document Type: Article

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