Ensheathing cells and methylprednisolone promote axonal regeneration and functional recovery in the lesioned adult rat spinal cord

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 7111-7120

  Nash, Holly H ^a,b   Borke, Rosemary C ^a   Anders, Juanita J ^a  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal; Axotomy; Behavioral analysis; Corticospinal tract; Cultured cells; Fluorescent tracers; Forelimb function; Glia; Neuronal regeneration; Olfactory bulb; Recovery of function; Spinal cord injury; Sprague Dawley rats

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORELIMB; GLIA; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0037104763     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-16-07111.2002     Document Type: Article

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