Gene expression changes after focal stroke, traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 699-704

  Carmichael, S Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Angiogenesis; Axonal sprouting; Inflammation; Neural repair; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN 1; ANGIOPOIETIN 2; ANGIOPOIETIN RECEPTOR; CYTOKINE; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; EPHRIN B1; EPHRIN B2; ERYTHROPOIETIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTEGRIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; JANUS KINASE; MARCKS PROTEIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; NEUROPILIN 1; PADGEM PROTEIN; PROTEIN NOGO A; PROTEIN P21; SCATTER FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C; STAT PROTEIN; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 3; THROMBOSPONDIN 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

AGING; ANGIOGENESIS; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DNA MICROARRAY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE SPROUTING; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPROTECTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STROKE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH CONES; HUMANS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 1842506384     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019052-200312000-00009     Document Type: Review

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