Urodele spinal cord regeneration and related processes

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 226, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 295-307

  Chernoff, Ellen A G ^a   Stocum, David L ^a   Nye, Holly L D ^b   Cameron, Jo Ann ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma mexicanum; Axial pattern formation; Axolotl; Ependymal cells; Ependymoglia; Neurulation; Newt; Radial glia; Regeneration; Salamander; Spinal cord; Spinal cord development; Spinal cord regeneration; Urodele

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

AMPHIBIA; EPENDYMA CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIFE CYCLE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATION; REVIEW; SALAMANDER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STEM CELL; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; REGENERATION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STEM CELLS; URODELA;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; MAMMALIA; SALAMANDRIDAE; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037308618     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.10240     Document Type: Review

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