GDNF-enhanced axonal regeneration and myelination following spinal cord injury is mediated by primary effects on neurons

GLIA

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1178-1191

  Zhang, Liqun ^a,b   Ma, Zhengwen ^a   Smith, George M ^c   Wen, Xuejun ^d   Pressman, Yelena ^e   Wood, Patrick M ^e   Xu, Xiao Ming ^a,f  

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

^b FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon; GDNF; Myelination; Regeneration; Schwann cell; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE L1; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; EMBRYO; EXPLANT; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT; REMYELINIZATION; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURITES; NEURONS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCHWANN CELLS; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 69649084348     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: 10981136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.20840     Document Type: Article

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