Modulation of dendritic spine remodeling in the motor cortex following spinal cord injury: Effects of environmental enrichment and combinatorial treatment with transplants and neurotrophin-3

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 508, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 473-486

  Kim, Byung G ^a,b   Dai, Hai Ning ^a   McAtee, Marietta ^a   Bregman, Barbara S ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dendritic spine; Enriched environment; Motor cortex; Neurotrophin 3; Spinal cord injury; Transplants

Indexed keywords

NEUROTROPHIN 3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; FEMALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYNAPSE; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

AMINO ACIDS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DENDRITIC SPINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONS; NEUROTROPHIN 3; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 42449145511     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21686     Document Type: Article

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