Schwann cell transplantation improves reticulospinal axon growth and forelimb strength after severe cervical spinal cord contusion

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 207-228

  Schaal, S M ^a   Kitay, B M ^a   Cho, K S ^b   Lo Jr , T P ^a   Barakat, D J ^a   Marcillo, A E ^a   Sanchez, A R ^a   Andrade, C M ^a   Pearse, Damien D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Uijeongbu St Mary's Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Axon regeneration; Axotomy; Cell body response; Intrinsic; Neuron; Neuroprotection; Supraspinal

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RAT; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; EFFERENT NERVE; FISCHER 344 RAT; GENETICS; HAND GRIP; METABOLISM; NERVE FIBER; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; AXOTOMY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELLS, CULTURED; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HAND STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SCHWANN CELLS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 34250617074     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/000000007783464768     Document Type: Conference Paper

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