Delayed transplantation of fibroblasts genetically modified to secrete BDNF and NT-3 into a spinal cord injury site is associated with limited recovery of function

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 114-130

  Shumsky, J S ^a   Tobias, C A ^a   Tumolo, M ^a   Long, W D ^a   Giszter, S F ^a   Murray, M ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BDNF; Cervical hemisection; Chronic injury; NT 3; Recovery of function

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GELFOAM; NEUROTROPHIN 3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY POSTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SECRETION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DNA MODIFICATION; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HYPERALGESIA; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LOCOMOTION; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREADMILL;

EID: 0345495676     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4886(03)00398-4     Document Type: Article

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