Motor Recovery and Anatomical Evidence of Axonal Regrowth in Spinal Cord-Repaired Adult Rats

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 233-245

  Lee, Yu Shang ^a   Lin, Ching Yi ^a   Robertson, Richard T ^a   Hsiao, Ian ^a,b   Lin, Vernon W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidic fibroblast growth factor; Axonal regrowth; Peripheral nerve graft; Spinal cord injury; Tract tracing

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HINDLIMB; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMINECTOMY; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR SPINE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NERVE GRAFT; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; RED NUCLEUS; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION;

EID: 1542297688     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnen/63.3.223-a     Document Type: Article

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