Administration of chondroitinase ABC rostral or caudal to a spinal cord injury site promotes anatomical but not functional plasticity

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2323-2333

  Tom, Veronica J ^a   Kadakia, Rachel ^a   Santi, Lauren ^a   Houlé, John D ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chondroitinase ABC; Plasticity; Serotonergic fibers; Spinal cord injury; Sprouting

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; SYNAPSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; MICROINJECTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; CICATRIX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; GROWTH CONES; GROWTH INHIBITORS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PARALYSIS; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEROTONIN; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SYNAPSINS;

EID: 75449083858     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2009.1047     Document Type: Article

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