Neurotrophin-3 expressed in situ induces axonal plasticity in the adult injured spinal cord

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1424-1431

  Zhou, Lijun ^a,b   Baumgartner, Brian J ^a,c   Hill Felberg, Sandra J ^a,d   McGowen, Leonard R ^a,b   Shine, H David ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR CELL AND GENE THERAPY   (United States)

^c Trinity Valley Community College   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenoviral vectors; Axonal plasticity; Neurotrophin 3; NT 3; Regeneration; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; TISSUE LEVEL; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

EID: 0037442795     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-04-01424.2003     Document Type: Article

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