Spontaneous and neurotrophin-induced axonal plasticity after spinal cord injury

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 137, Issue , 2002, Pages 415-423

  Blesch, Armin ^a   Tuszynski, Mark H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION INHIBITION FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESEARCH; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NEUROTROPISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0036456604     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(02)37033-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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