Chondroitinase ABC enhances pericontusion axonal sprouting but does not confer robust improvements in behavioral recovery

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1971-1982

  Harris, Neil G ^a,b   Mironova, Yevgeniya A ^a,b   Hovda, David A ^a,b   Sutton, Richard L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans; cortex; growth associated protein 43; immunohistochemistry; plasticity; recovery of function; sprouting; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; NEUROMODULIN; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTUSION; GRAY MATTER; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; ATROPHY; AXONS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN INJURIES; CELL COUNT; CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; CHONDROITIN SULFATE PROTEOGLYCANS; GAP-43 PROTEIN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; WALKING;

EID: 78649390533     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2010.1470     Document Type: Article

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