Electrical stimulation accelerates and enhances expression of regeneration-associated genes in regenerating rat femoral motoneurons

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 379-402

  Al Majed, Abdulhakeem A ^a   Siu, Lin Tam ^a   Gordon, Tessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Growth associated proteins; Neurofilament; Peripheral nerve regeneration; Rat; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FLUORINE DERIVATIVE; FLUOROGOLD; ISOTOPE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; NEUROMODULIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL REGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; GENE EXPRESSION; HINDLIMB; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOTONEURON; NERVE SUTURE; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SPINAL CORD; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOWN-REGULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; GAP-43 PROTEIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH CONES; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, TRKB; RNA, MESSENGER; TUBULIN; UP-REGULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 3342900171     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CEMN.0000022770.66463.f7     Document Type: Article

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