Transplantation strategies to promote repair of the injured spinal cord

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 40, Issue 4 SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages 55-62

  Bunge, Mary Bartlett ^a   Pearse, Damien D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system (CNS) regeneration; Contusion injury; Cyclic adenosine monophosphate; Methylprednisolone; Neurotrophins; Olfactory ensheathing glia; Raphespinal tract; Schwann cells; Spinal cord transection

Indexed keywords

CELLS; HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING; TISSUE; TRANSPLANTS;

AXONAL REGENERATION;

NEUROLOGY;

BUCLADESINE; CYCLIC AMP; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEUROTROPHIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; ROLIPRAM;

BRAIN STEM; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTUSION; EXPERIMENTAL TRANSPLANTATION; GLIA; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0042732907     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2003.08.0055     Document Type: Conference Paper

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