Repair effect of Wnt3a protein on the contused adult rat spinal cord

Neurological Research

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 480-486

  Yin, Zong Sheng ^a   Zu, Bo ^a   Chang, Jun ^a   Zhang, Hui ^a  

^a Anhui Medical College   (China)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Neural stem cells; Rat; Spinal cord injury; Wnt3a

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CELL MARKER; MYELIN; WNT3A PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 47549088338     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174313208X284133     Document Type: Article

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