Remodeling of axonal connections contributes to recovery in an animal model of multiple sclerosis

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 200, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1027-1038

  Kerschensteiner, Martin ^a,b,d   Bareyre, Florence M ^a,b,d   Buddeberg, Bigna S ^b   Merkler, Doron ^a,b,c   Stadelmann, Christine ^c   Brück, Wolfgang ^c   Misgeld, Thomas ^d   Schwab, Martin E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axons; Demyelinating autoimmune disease; Nerve regeneration; Pyramidal tracts; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INTERNEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SYSTEM; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE SPROUTING; NEUROGENIC INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; SPINAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; FEMALE; GAP-43 PROTEIN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURITES; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 7244245335     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20040452     Document Type: Article

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