Rho-kinase inhibition enhances axonal regeneration after peripheral nerve injury

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 217-224

  Hiraga, Akiyuki ^a   Kuwabara, Satoshi ^a   Doya, Hideo ^a   Kanai, Kazuaki ^a   Fujitani, Masashi ^a   Taniguchi, Junko ^a   Arai, Kimihito ^a,b   Mori, Masahiro ^a   Hattori, Takamichi ^a   Yamashita, Toshihide ^a,c  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SAKURA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axon; Peripheral nervous system; Regeneration; Rho kinase

Indexed keywords

FASUDIL; RHO KINASE; RHO KINASE INHIBITOR; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME REGULATION; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; MYELINATION; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE; SPECIES COMPARISON; TISSUE SECTION;

1-(5-ISOQUINOLINESULFONYL)-2-METHYLPIPERAZINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; TIME FACTORS; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 33747841524     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: 15298027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8027.2006.00091.x     Document Type: Article

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