Rho signaling pathway targeted to promote spinal cord repair

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 6570-6577

  Dergham, Pauline ^a   Ellezam, Benjamin ^a   Essagian, Charles ^a   Avedissian, Hovsep ^a   Lubell, William D ^a   McKerracher, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

BBB behavior scale; C3; Corticospinal tract; GAP 43; Mouse; Regeneration; Rho GTPase; Rho associated kinase; Y27632

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; NEUROMODULIN; RECOMBINANT C3 TRANSFERASE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; RHO FACTOR; RHO KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; GROWTH INHIBITION; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE GROWTH; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0036703599     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-15-06570.2002     Document Type: Article

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