Adult neurogenesis in primate and rodent spinal cord: Comparing a cervical dorsal rhizotomy with a dorsal column transection

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2777-2794

  Vessal, Mani ^a   Aycock, Ari ^b   Garton, Margaret Tess ^c   Ciferri, Melanie ^a   Darian Smith, Corinna ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytic proliferation; Dorsal horn; Macaque monkey; Rat; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CELL MARKER; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; GLIA CELL; MACACA; MALE; MONKEY; NERVE LESION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RODENT; SCAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE INJURY; SPINE TRANSECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL COUNT; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RHIZOTOMY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 36148947559     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05871.x     Document Type: Article

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