Plastic responses to spinal cord injury

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 114-123

  Raineteau, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomical plasticity; Fate acquisition; Neural precursor cells; Neuronal sprouting; Reactive astrocytes

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; MYELIN;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL STRUCTURE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STEM CELL; WOUND;

ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GLIOSIS; HUMANS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STEM CELLS;

EID: 44549088955     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.02.017     Document Type: Article

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