Role of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans in axonal conduction in mammalian spinal cord

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 7761-7769

  Hunanyan, Arsen S ^a,b   García Alías, Guillermo ^c   Alessi, Valentina ^a,b   Levine, Joel M ^b   Fawcett, James W ^c   Mendell, Lorne M ^b   Arvanian, Victor L ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Stony Brook University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE 4 SULFATASE; NEUROCAN; PROTEOGLYCAN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LOCOMOTION; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANVIER NODE; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; SPINE; SPINE INJURY; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; THORACIC SPINE; VENTRAL ROOT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGGRECANS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; AXONS; CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATES; PROTEOGLYCANS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 77953505977     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4659-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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