The combination of human neuronal serotonergic cell implants and environmental enrichment after contusive SCI improves motor recovery over each individual strategy

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 236-241

  Eaton, Mary J ^a,b   Pearse, Damien D ^b   McBroom, Jordan S ^b   Berrocal, Yerko A ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

5 HT; Cell line; Combination therapy; EE; Excitatory neurotransmitter; Human; Neuronal; NT2; Preclinical

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONTUSION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMPLANTATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 50549095402     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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