Adenoviral nerve growth factor and β-galactosidase transfer to spinal cord: A behavioral and histological analysis

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 90, Issue 1 SUPPL., 1999, Pages 99-108

  Boulis, Nicholas M ^a   Bhatia, Vikas ^a   Brindle, Theodore I ^a   Holman, Harland T ^a   Krauss, Daniel J ^a   Blaivas, Mila ^a   Hoff, Julian T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Gene transfer; Nerve growth factor; Spinal cord; galactosidase

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; VIRUS VECTOR;

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; GLIOSIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; ROUS SARCOMA ONCOVIRUS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0032906280     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.1999.90.1.0099     Document Type: Article

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