A quantifiable model of axonal regeneration in the demyelinated adult rat spinal cord

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 303-313

  Keirstead, H S ^a   Hughes, H C ^a   Blakemore, W F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CNS; Galactocerebroside (GalC); Growth cone; Injury; Myelin; Oligodendrocyte; Sprout

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; GALACTOSYLCERAMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GROWTH CONE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0032101835     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1998.6806     Document Type: Article

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