A model for ex vivo spinal cord segment culture-A tool for analysis of injury repair strategies

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-57

  Zhang, Jie ^a   O'Carroll, Simon J ^a   Wu, Ann ^b   Nicholson, Louise F B ^a   Green, Colin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Connexin43; Culture model; Gap junction; Glial scar; Inflammation; Regeneration; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; CONNEXIN 43;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EX VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; INHIBITION KINETICS; NERVE CELL; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE SPROUTING; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SWELLING; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; CELL SURVIVAL; CONNEXIN 43; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EDEMA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURITES; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEURONS; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 77956227893     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.07.012     Document Type: Article

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