Axonal injury and peripheral nerve grafting in the thalamus and cerebellum of the adult rat: Upregulation of c-jun and correlation with regenerative potential

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2644-2656

  Vaudano, E ^a,b,c   Campbell, G ^a   Hunt, S P ^b   Lieberman, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Axotomy; CNS regeneration; Immediate early gene; Molecular response to injury; Thalamic reticular nucleus

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NEUROMODULIN; PROTEIN C JUN; PROTEIN P75; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE GRAFT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTO ONCOGENE; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; STAB WOUND; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; AXOTOMY; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; GAP-43 PROTEIN; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSFER; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RNA, MESSENGER; SCIATIC NERVE; THALAMUS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0031926618     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00282.x     Document Type: Article

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