Reinnervation of the rat musculocutaneous nerve stump after its direct reconnection with the C5 spinal cord segment by the nerve graft following avulsion of the ventral spinal roots: A comparison of intrathecal administration of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and Cerebrolysin

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 425-432

  Haninec, P ^a   Dubovy P ^b   Samal F ^a   Houstava L ^a   Stejskal, L ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Motor neuron loss; Neurotrophic factors; Retrograde staining; Root avulsion; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CEREBROLYSIN; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; AVULSION INJURY; BEHAVIOR; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CELL DEATH; CELL LOSS; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GROOMING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTONEURON; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE INJURY; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL ROOT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VENTRAL SPINAL ROOT AVULSION;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; AXONS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DEXTRANS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOCUTANEOUS NERVE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RHODAMINES; SKIN; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINAL NERVES;

EID: 11244290255     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-004-1969-z     Document Type: Article

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