Neurotrophic factors, cellular bridges and gene therapy for spinal cord injury

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 533, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 83-89

  Jones, Leonard L ^a   Oudega, Martin ^b   Bunge, Mary Bartlett ^b   Tuszynski, Mark H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4; ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RETROVIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CELL LOSS; CELL REGENERATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE THERAPY; IMPLANTATION; MAMMAL; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL CORD FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE; ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; EX VIVO GENE TRANSFER; FIBROBLAST; NERVE SPROUTING; SCHWANN CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; GENE THERAPY; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONS; SCHWANN CELLS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0035866993     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2001.0083b.x     Document Type: Review

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