Glial response and myelin clearance in areas of wallerian degeneration after spinal cord hemisection in the monkey macaca fascicularis

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2083-2096

  Shi, Fujun ^a   Zhu, Hui ^b   Yang, Senfu ^c   Liu, Yansheng ^b   Feng, Yaping ^b   Shi, Jihong ^b   Xu, Dingze ^c   Wu, Wutian ^d   You, Siwei ^e   Ma, Zhengwen ^a   Zou, Jian ^a   Lu, Peihua ^a   Xu, Xiao Ming ^a,b,f  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c Jinghong Breeding Station   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Axons; Macaca fascicularis; Macrophages; Microglia; Monkey; Myelin; Spinal cord injury; Wallerian degeneration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACACA; MACROPHAGE; MICROGLIA; MONKEY; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MYELIN SHEATH; NEUROGLIA; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 75449113278     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2008.0706     Document Type: Article

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