Transplants and neurotrophic factors increase regeneration and recovery of function after spinal cord injury

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 137, Issue , 2002, Pages 257-273

  Bregman, Barbara S ^a   Coumans, Jean Valery ^a   Dai, Hai Ning ^a   Kuhn, Penelope L ^a   Lynskey, James ^a   McAtee, Marietta ^a   Sandhu, Faheem ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4;

CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; FORELIMB; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RUBROSPINAL TRACT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION;

EID: 0036457962     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(02)37020-1     Document Type: Article

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