Axotomized motoneurons can be rescued from cell death by peripheral nerve grafts: The effect of donor age

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-87

  Low, Hu Liang ^a   Nogradi, Antal ^b   Vrbová, Gerta ^c   Greensmith, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axons; Axotomy; Development; Motoneuron survival; Neurofilaments; Regeneration; 1 integrins

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; DONOR; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEWBORN DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SUTURING METHOD; TISSUE REGENERATION;

EID: 0037225002     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnen/62.1.75     Document Type: Article

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