Inhibition of caspases promotes long-term survival and reinnervation by axotomized spinal motoneurons of denervated muscle in newborn rats

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 190-203

  Chan, Yuen Man ^a   Yick, Leung Wah ^a   Yip, Henry K ^a   So, Kwok Fai ^a   Oppenheim, Ronald W ^b   Wu, Wutian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caspase inhibitor; Long term survival; Motoneurons; Muscle reinnervation; Peripheral nerve bridging; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

BENZYLOXYCARBONYLASPARTYL O METHYL FLUOROMETHYL KETONE; CASPASE; CASPASE INHIBITOR; N ACETYLASPARTYLGLUTAMYLVALYLASPARTIC ACID ALDEHYDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; IMPLANTATION; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE GRAFT; NEUROPROTECTION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0038392880     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4886(03)00023-2     Document Type: Article

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