Intercostal nerve implants transduced with an adenoviral vector encoding neurotrophin-3 promote regrowth of injured rat corticospinal tract fibers and improve hindlimb function

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-37

  Blits, Bas ^a   Dijkhuizen, Paul A ^a   Boer, Gerard J ^a   Verhaagen, Joost ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adenoviral vector; Corticospinal tract; Hindlimb function; NT 3; Peripheral nerve implant; Regeneration; Spinal cord; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

NEUROTROPHIN 3; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; HINDLIMB; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; TRANSGENE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033942954     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.2000.7413     Document Type: Article

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