Electrical stimulation accelerates and increases expression of BDNF and trkB mRNA in regenerating rat femoral motoneurons

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 4381-4390

  Al Majed, Abdulhakeem A ^a   Brushart, Thomas M ^a   Gordon, Tessa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

In situ hybridization; Intramuscular labelling; Motor axonal regeneration; Neurotrophin

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOTONEURON; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE REGENERATION; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, TRKB; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0034509612     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.01341.x     Document Type: Article

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