Combining Schwann cell bridges and olfactory-ensheathing glia grafts with chondroitinase promotes locomotor recovery after complete transection of the spinal cord

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1169-1178

  Fouad, Karim ^a   Schnell, Lisa ^b,c   Bunge, Mary B ^d,e   Schwab, Martin E ^b,c   Liebscher, Thomas ^b,c   Pearse, Damien D ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Locomotion; Plasticity; Rat; Regeneration; Spinal cord injury; Treatment combination

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; MATRIGEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOCOMOTION; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY ENSHEATHING CELL; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; SCHWANN CELL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; CICATRIX; COLLAGEN; CORDOTOMY; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GALACTOSIDASES; HINDLIMB; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; LAMININ; LOCOMOTION; MICE; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROGLIA; OLFACTORY NERVE; PARAPLEGIA; PROTEOGLYCANS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCHWANN CELLS; SENSATION; SEROTONIN; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 13944266687     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3562-04.2005     Document Type: Article

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