An investigation into the potential for activity-dependent regeneration of the rubrospinal tract after spinal cord injury

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3025-3035

  Harvey, Philip J ^a   Grochmal, Joey ^a   Tetzlaff, Wolfram ^b   Gordon, Tessa ^a   Bennett, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

BDNF; GAP 43; Graft; Microelectrodes; Rat

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROMODULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FACILITATION; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUBROSPINAL TRACT; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; SPINAL CORD TRANSVERSE LESION;

ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL COUNT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GAP-43 PROTEIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROWAVES; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RED NUCLEUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 29344454055     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04514.x     Document Type: Article

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