VEGF-overexpressing transgenic mice show enhanced post-ischemic neurogenesis and neuromigration

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 740-747

  Wang, Yaoming ^a   Jin, Kunlin ^a   Xiao, Ou Mao ^a   Xie, Lin ^a   Banwait, Surita ^a   Marti, Hugo H ^b   Greenberg, David A ^a  

^a BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ischemia; Neurogenesis; VEGF

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBLAST; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INFARCTION; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL COUNT; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 33947205165     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21169     Document Type: Article

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