Mechanisms of motor recovery after subtotal spinal cord injury: Insights from the study of mice carrying a mutation (Wld(S)) that delays cellular responses to injury

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 221-229

  Zhang, Ziyin ^a   Guth, Lloyd ^a   Steward, Oswald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflammatory response; Locomotor function; Neural plasticity; Spinal cord hemisection; Wallerian degeneration; Wld(S) mutation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; INFLAMMATION; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0031889122     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1997.6717     Document Type: Article

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