Herpes simplex virus vector-mediated expression of Bcl-2 protects spinal motor neurons from degeneration following root avulsion

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 225-230

  Yamada, Masanobu ^a   Natsume, Atsushi ^a   Mata, Marina ^a,b   Oligino, Thomas ^a   Goss, James ^a,b   Glorioso, Joseph ^a   Fink, David J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Gene therapy; Herpes simplex; Motor neuron; Trauma

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FLUOROGOLD; PROTEIN BCL 2; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; GENE THERAPY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; MALE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; VENTRAL ROOT;

EID: 0035068196     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.2000.7597     Document Type: Article

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