Axonal outgrowth and Erk1/2 activation by training after spinal cord injury in rats

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2071-2082

  Oh, Myung Jin ^a   Seo, Tae Beom ^a   Kwon, Ku Birm ^a   Yoon, Sung Jin ^b   Elzi, David J ^c   Kim, Byung G ^d   Namgung, Uk ^a  

^a Daejeon University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Axonal regeneration; Corticospinal tract; Erk1=2; Spinal cord injury; Treadmill training

Indexed keywords

2 (2 AMINO 3 METHOXYPHENYL)CHROMONE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; UO 126;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAINING; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXERCISE THERAPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; NERVE REGENERATION; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 75449109067     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2008.0800     Document Type: Article

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