Treatment of Chronically Injured Spinal Cord With Neurotrophic Factors Stimulates βII-Tubulin and GAP-43 Expression in Rubrospinal Tract Neurons

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 502-511

  Storer, Paul D ^a   Dolbeare, Dirk ^a   Houle, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

BDNF; GDNF; In situ hybridization; Neurotrophin; Red nucleus; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GELFOAM; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROMODULIN; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; PHOSPHATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LEVEL; CELL SIZE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE GRAFT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RUBROSPINAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL SIZE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GAP-43 PROTEIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RED NUCLEUS; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TUBULIN; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0242299286     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10787     Document Type: Article

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