Sensory axon targeting is increased by NGF gene therapy within the lesioned adult femoral nerve

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 153-165

  Hu, Xinhua ^a   Cai, Jie ^a   Yang, Jun ^a   Smith, George M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Axon reinnervation; Axon targeting; Femoral transection; Nerve growth factor; Recombinant adenovirus; Triple retrograde tracing

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GROWTH STIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINNERVATION; SAPHENOUS NERVE; SENSORY NERVE; VIRAL GENE THERAPY; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD45; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NEUROPATHY; FLUOROBENZENES; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; STILBAMIDINES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77950862041     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2009.08.025     Document Type: Article

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