Chondroitinase ABC promotes functional recovery after spinal cord injury

Nature

Volumn 416, Issue 6881, 2002, Pages 636-640

  Bradbury, Elizabeth J ^a   Moon, Lawrence D F ^b,d   Popat, Reena J ^a   King, Von R ^c   Bennett, Gavin S ^a   Patel, Preena N ^a   Fawcett, James W ^b   McMahon, Stephen B ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; ENZYMES; NEUROLOGY;

BONE INJURY;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; PROTEOGLYCAN;

MEDICINE;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GLIA CELL; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; SCAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GAP-43 PROTEIN; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONS; PROTEIN KINASE C; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; UP-REGULATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037061426     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/416636a     Document Type: Article

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