Synergistic effects of bone marrow stromal cells and a Rho kinase (ROCK) inhibitor, Fasudil on axon regeneration in rat spinal cord injury

Neuropathology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 241-250

  Chiba, Yasuhiro ^a   Kuroda, Satoshi ^a   Shichinohe, Hideo ^a   Hokari, Masaaki ^a   Osanai, Toshiya ^a   Maruichi, Katsuhiko ^a   Yano, Shunsuke ^a   Hida, Kazutoshi ^a   Iwasaki, Yoshinobu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axonal regeneration; Bone marrow stromal cell (BMSC); Fasudil; Spinal cord injury; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

FASUDIL; FLUORESCENT DYE; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; RHO KINASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STROMA CELL; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VENTRAL ROOT;

1-(5-ISOQUINOLINESULFONYL)-2-METHYLPIPERAZINE; ANIMALS; AXONS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE REGENERATION; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 77952945499     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2009.01077.x     Document Type: Article

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