Sensory impairments and delayed regeneration of sensory axons in interleukin-6-deficient mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 4305-4313

  Zhong, Jian ^a,c   Dietzel, Irmgard D ^a   Wahle, Petra ^a   Kopf, Manfred ^b   Heumann, Rolf ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compound action potential; Interleukin 6; L5 DRG; Macrophages; Motor fiber; Neuron; p75LNTR mRNA; Regeneration; Sciatic functional index; Sensory fiber; Temperature sensitivity; Wld(s)

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTROPHIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0033153020     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-11-04305.1999     Document Type: Article

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