Carbon filaments direct the growth of postlesional plastic axons after spinal cord injury

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 255-264

  Chauhan, Neelima B ^a,b   Figlewicz, Helen M ^a,b   Khan, Talat ^a,b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Rehab R D Edward Hines Jr V   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal regeneration; Carbon filaments; Fetal tissue implants; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Neurofilaments; Neuronal plasticity; Reactive gliosis; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMPLANTATION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; CARBON; CONTUSIONS; FEMALE; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEURONS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0032997633     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-5748(99)00003-9     Document Type: Article

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