Functional and Histological Improvement of the Injured Spinal Cord Following Transplantation of Schwann Cells Transfected With NRG1 Gene

Anatomical Record

Volumn 293, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1933-1946

  Zhang, Jifei ^a   Zhao, Fusheng ^a   Wu, Geng ^a   Li, Yuezhen ^a   Jin, Xiudong ^a  

^a Medical College of Mudanjiang   (China)

Author keywords

Neural growth; Neural protection; NRG1; Repair; Schwann cells; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 4; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CELL CULTURE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GLIA CELL; HISTOLOGY; IMAGING; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEUREGULIN-1; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; SCHWANN CELLS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TISSUE THERAPY; TRANSFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

RATTUS;

EID: 78049482415     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21223     Document Type: Article

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