NT-3 promotes growth of lesioned adult rat sensory axons ascending in the dorsal columns of the spinal cord

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3873-3883

  Bradbury, Elizabeth J ^a   Khemani, Sameer ^a   King, Von R ^b   Priestley, John V ^b   McMahon, Stephen B ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fasciculus gracilis; Neurotrophic factor; Regeneration; Sensory pathways; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; NEURITE PROMOTING FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRACILE NUCLEUS; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE ENDING; NERVE GROWTH; NERVE LESION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD; STAINING;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MALE; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NEUROTROPHIN 3; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0032722126     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00809.x     Document Type: Article

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