Anti-Nogo-A antibody infusion 24 hours after experimental stroke improved behavioral outcome and corticospinal plasticity in normotensive and spontaneously hypertensive rats

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 154-165

  Wiessner, Christoph ^a   Bareyre, Florence M ^b   Allegrini, Peter R ^a   Mir, Anis K ^a   Frentzel, Stefan ^a   Zurini, Mauro ^a   Schnell, Lisa ^b   Oertle, Thomas ^b   Schwab, Martin E ^b  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Focal cerebral ischemia; Neurite outgrowth inhibitor; Nogo; Plasticity; Sensorimotor function

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INHIBITOR PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 7B12; PROTEIN NOGO A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREFOOT; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; STROKE;

EID: 0037316286     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.WCB.0000040400.30600.AF     Document Type: Article

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