Schwann cell but not olfactory ensheathing glia transplants improve hindlimb locomotor performance in the moderately contused adult rat thoracic spinal cord

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 6670-6681

  Takami, Toshihiro ^a   Oudega, Martin ^a,b   Bates, Margaret L ^a   Wood, Patrick M ^a,b   Kleitman, Naomi ^a,b   Bunge, Mary Bartlett ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal regeneration; Axonal sparing; Brainstem axons; Contusion injury; Corticospinal tract; Neuroprotection; Propriospinal axons; Spinal cord injury; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MYELINATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036703612     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-15-06670.2002     Document Type: Article

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