Electrical stimulation and testosterone differentially enhance expression of regeneration-associated genes

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 183-191

  Sharma, Nijee ^a   Marzo, Sam J ^a   Jones, Kathryn J ^a,b   Foecking, Eileen M ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Nerve injury; Regeneration; Regeneration associated genes; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; ALPHA1 TUBULIN; BETA 2 TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; NEURITE PROMOTING FACTOR; NEURITIN; NEUROMODULIN; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DENDRITIC CELL; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE INJURY; FORAMEN MAGNUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE SPROUTING; NEUROTROPISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STYLOMASTOID FORMANE; UPREGULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; GAP-43 PROTEIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURITIS; ORCHIECTOMY; PITUITARY ADENYLATE CYCLASE-ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE; TIME FACTORS; TUBULIN;

EID: 77950859091     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2009.04.031     Document Type: Article

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