Fractionated radiation facilitates repair and functional motor recovery after spinal cord transection in rat

Brain Research

Volumn 904, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 199-207

  Kalderon, Nurit ^a   Xu, Su ^a   Koutcher, Jason A ^a   Fuks, Zvi ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor function; Paralysis; Radiation therapy; Spinal cord injury; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CELL REGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING; WOUND HEALING; X IRRADIATION;

ANIMALS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGENERATION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0035933571     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(01)02402-7     Document Type: Article

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