Novel combination strategies to repair the injured mammalian spinal cord

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 262-269

  Bunge, Mary Bartlett ^a  

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

Author keywords

Axonal regeneration; Chondroitinase; Cyclic adenosine monophosphate; Olfactory ensheathing cells; Schwann cells; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; CYCLIC AMP; FIBRIN; MATRIGEL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE 4 SULFATASE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; NEUROTROPHIN 3; PARVOVIRUS VECTOR; PHOSPHODIESTERASE IV INHIBITOR; ROLIPRAM;

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BRAIN CONTUSION; CELL BASED GENE THERAPY; CELL MIGRATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME THERAPY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY ENSHEATHING CELL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCAR FORMATION; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; THORAX DISEASE; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

EID: 50849089965     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2008.11760720     Document Type: Article

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