Fibroblasts Genetically Modified to Produce BDNF Support Regrowth of Chronically Injured Serotonergic Axons

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 311-317

  Jin, Ying ^a   Tessler, Alan ^b,c   Fischer, Itzhak ^b   Houle, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurotransplantation; Neurotrophic factor CNS regeneration; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; INTERNEURONS; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN;

EID: 0034438394     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/154596830001400407     Document Type: Article

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