Locomotor recovery in chronic spinal rat: Long-term pharmacological treatment or transplantation of embryonic neurons?

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 137, Issue , 2002, Pages 213-230

  Orsal, D ^a   Barthe, J Y ^a   Antri, M ^a   Feraboli Lohnherr, D ^a   Yakovleff, A ^a   Gimenez y Ribotta M ^b   Privat, A ^b   Provencher, J ^c   Rossignol, S ^c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYLASPARTIC ACID; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; QUIPAZINE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 2 RECEPTOR;

CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBRYO CELL; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MONOAMINERGIC NERVE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; REINNERVATION; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0036458371     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(02)37018-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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