Pharmacological, cell, and gene therapy strategies to promote spinal cord regeneration

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 593-613

  Blits, Bas ^a   Boer, Gerard J ^a   Verhaagen, Joost ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Injury; Neurotrophins; Regeneration; Spinal cord; Transplantation; Viral vector

Indexed keywords

APTIGANEL; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; COLLAGEN ANTIBODY; CYCLOSPORIN A; DEXAMETHASONE; DIZOCILPINE; GACYCLIDINE; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 10; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY IN 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROMODULIN; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4; RETINA S ANTIGEN; TACROLIMUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENO ASSOCIATED VIRUS; ADENOVIRUS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CELL LINE; CELL PROTECTION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; EMBRYO CELL; FETUS (ANATOMY); GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; GLIA CELL; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; LENTIVIRINAE; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHWANN CELL; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS; ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALIA; HERPESVIRIDAE; LENTIVIRUS;

EID: 0036414676     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/000000002783985521     Document Type: Article

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