Basic fibroblast growth factor promotes neuronal survival but not behavioral recovery in the transected and Schwann cell implanted rat thoracic spinal cord

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1415-1430

  Meijs, Matthijs F L ^a,d   Timmers, Leonardus ^a,d   Pearse, Damien D ^a   Tresco, Patrick A ^c   Bates, Margaret L ^a   Joosten, Elbert A J ^d   Bunge, Mary Bartlett ^a,b   Oudega, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan; CNS; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Spinal cord injury; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBRIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MYELINATION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE GRAFT; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SCHWANN CELLS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 4644323267     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2004.21.1415     Document Type: Article

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