Effect of basic fibroblast growth factor on the expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein after tractive spinal cord injury in rats

Chinese Journal of Traumatology - English Edition

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-120

  Liu, Lei ^a   Lü, Bo ^a   Tu, Chong Qi ^a   Chi, Lei Ting ^a   Wang, Guang Lin ^a   Pei, Fu Xing ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Basic fibroblast growth factor; Gene expression; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Spinal injuries; Traction

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBAR SPINE; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SCORING SYSTEM; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; THORACIC SPINE;

EID: 16844369287     PISSN: 10081275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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