Neurotrophic factors expressed in both cortex and spinal cord induce axonal plasticity after spinal cord injury

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 221-226

  Zhou, Lijun ^a,b   Shine, H David ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Adenoviral vector; Axonal plasticity; BDNF; GDNF; Neurotrophic factor; NT 3; Spinal cord injury; Sprouting

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; BIOTINYLATED DEXTRAN AMINE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; DEXTRAN DERIVATIVE; GENE PRODUCT; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC VECTORS; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; GROWTH CONES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROTROPHIN 3; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141705215     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10718     Document Type: Article

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