NT-3 delivered by an adenoviral vector induces injured dorsal root axons to regenerate into the spinal cord of adult rats

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 554-562

  Zhang, Yi ^a   Dijkhuizen, Paul A ^b   Anderson, Patrick N ^a   Lieberman, A Robert ^a   Verhaagen, Joost ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Axon regeneration; Dorsal root injury; Gene therapy; Neurotrophin

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; NEUROTROPHIN 3; VIRUS VECTOR;

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DORSAL ROOT; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE LESION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL ROOT; TRANSGENE;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC VECTORS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROGLIA; NEUROTROPHIN 3; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0032533708     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19981115)54:4<554::AID-JNR12>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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