An injectable, biodegradable hydrogel for trophic factor delivery enhances axonal rewiring and improves performance after spinal cord injury

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 359-367

  Piantino, J ^a   Burdick, J A ^c   Goldberg, D ^a   Langer, R ^c   Benowitz, L I ^a,b  

^a s Hospital   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon regeneration; Corticospinal; Functional recovery; Hydrogels; Neurotrophins; NT 3; Plasticity; Raphespinal; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

NEUROTROPHIN 3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HISTOLOGY; HYDROGEL; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HYDROGELS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROGLIA; NEUROTROPHIN 3; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748430801     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2006.04.020     Document Type: Article

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