Nogo-A-deficient mice reveal strain-dependent differences in axonal regeneration

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 5591-5603

  Dimou, Leda ^a,b   Schnell, Lisa ^a   Montani, Laura ^a   Duncan, Carri ^a   Simonen, Marjo ^a,c   Schneider, Regula ^a   Liebscher, Thomas ^a   Gullo, Miriam ^a   Schwab, Martin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CNS repair; Mouse strain; Neurite outgrowth; Nogo; Regeneration; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PROTEIN NOGO A; MYELIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN NOGO;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE INJURY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SCAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL GANGLION; SYNAPSE; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ECHOGRAPHY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURITE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYELIN PROTEINS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURITES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 33744990618     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1103-06.2006     Document Type: Article

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