Combining peripheral nerve grafts and chondroitinase promotes functional axonal regeneration in the chronically injured spinal cord

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 47, 2009, Pages 14881-14890

  Tom, Veronica J ^a   Sandrow Feinberg, Harra R ^a   Miller, Kassi ^a   Santi, Lauren ^a   Connors, Theresa ^a   Lemay, Michel A ^a   Houlé, John D ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; CYCLOSPORIN A; GELFOAM; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTUSION; FORELIMB; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRAFT REJECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MICROINJECTION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE GRAFT; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCAR; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CICATRIX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GROWTH CONES; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 72449165854     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3641-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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