Subcutaneous Tri-Block Copolymer Produces Recovery from Spinal Cord Injury

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 141-154

  Borgens, Richard B ^a,d   Bohnert, Debbie ^a   Duerstock, Brad ^a   Spomar, Daniel ^c   Lee, Raphael C ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copolymer; Neurotrauma; P188; Polyethylene glycol; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER; MACROGOL; P 188; POLOXAMER;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CUTANEOUS TRUNCHI MUSCLE REFLEX; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; GUINEA PIG; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MUSCLE REFLEX; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL REFLEX; TACTILE STIMULATION; TIBIAL NERVE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GUINEA PIGS; HEMORRHAGE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; POLOXAMER; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 1842480271     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20053     Document Type: Article

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