The astrocytic barrier to axonal regeneration at the dorsal root entry zone is induced by rhizotomy

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 267-270

  McPhail, Lowell T ^a   Plunet, Ward T ^a   Das, Partha ^a   Ramer, Matt S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Dorsal root ganglia; Oligodendrocytes; p75; Regeneration; Rhizotomy

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DORSAL ROOT ENTRY ZONE; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RHIZOTOMY; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; AXONS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NEUROTROPHIN 3; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RHIZOTOMY; SCHWANN CELLS;

EID: 13244281758     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03837.x     Document Type: Article

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