Short-term low-frequency electrical stimulation enhanced remyelination of injured peripheral nerves by inducing the promyelination effect of brain-derived neurotrophic factor on Schwann cell polarization

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2578-2587

  Wan, Lidan ^a,b,c   Zhang, Song ^c   Xia, Rong ^b   Ding, Wenlong ^b  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BDNF; Electrical stimulation; Myelination; Par 3; Schwann cell

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSH TRAUMA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EMBRYO; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MORPHOMETRICS; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REMYELINIZATION; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POLARITY; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCHWANN CELLS; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY;

EID: 77955479608     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.22426     Document Type: Article

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