Neural reconnection in the transected spinal cord of the freshwater turtle Trachemys dorbignyi

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 515, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 197-214

  Rehermann, María Inés ^a   Marichal, Nicolás ^a   Russo, Raúl E ^a   Trujillo Cenóz, Omar ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Axon regrowth; Brain lipid binding protein; Nervous regeneration; Serotonin; Spinal cord; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; LIPID BINDING PROTEIN; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ERYTHROCYTE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FRESHWATER SPECIES; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; SPINAL GANGLION; SWIMMING; TRACHEMYS DORBIGNYI; TURTLE; WALKING; ANIMAL; BRAIN LEVEL; GLIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HINDLIMB; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; FATTY ACID-BINDING PROTEINS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HINDLIMB; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCOMOTION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOVEMENT; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROGLIA; SEROTONIN; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TURTLES;

EID: 67650325146     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22061     Document Type: Article

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