Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor added to a sciatic nerve fragment grafted in a spinal cord gap ameliorates motor impairments in rats and increases local axonal growth

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-16

  Guzen, Fausto Pierdoná ^a   De Almeida Leme, Ricardo José ^a   De Andrade, Michele Schultz Ramos ^a   De Luca And, Bianca Aparecida ^a   Chadi, Gerson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Glial cell line derived neurotrophic factor; Motor behavior; Neuroprotection; Neuroregeneration; Repair; Sciatic nerve graft; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; NEUROMODULIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFLEX; SCIATIC NERVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 60249094746     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-2009-0454     Document Type: Article

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