Neutralizing endogenous VEGF following traumatic spinal cord injury modulates microvascular plasticity but not tissue sparing or functional recovery

Current Neurovascular Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 124-131

  Benton, Richard L ^a,b   Maddie, Melissa A ^a   Gruenthal, Mark J ^a   Hagg, Theo ^a   Whittemore, Scott R ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflibercept; Basso Mouse Scale for Locomotion (BMS); Endothelial; Intravital lectin; Neovascularization; VEGF Trap

Indexed keywords

AFLIBERCEPT; ISOLECTIN B4; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GRIFFONIA; GRIFFONIA SIMPLICIFOLIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MICROVASCULATURE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 65749108276     PISSN: 15672026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/156720209788185678     Document Type: Article

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