The Neuroprotective Effects of Reg-2 Following Spinal Cord Transection Injury

Anatomical Record

Volumn 294, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-45

  Fang, Marong ^a   Wang, Jing ^a   Huang, Jian Ying ^a   Ling, Shu Cai ^a   Rudd, john A ^b   Hu, Zhi Ying ^c   Yew, David T ^b   Han, Shu ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Prince of Wales Hospital   (Hong Kong)

^c HANGZHOU RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Axonal growth; Functional recovery; Neuroprotective effects; Reg 2; Spinal cord injury; White matter sparing

Indexed keywords

DRUG VEHICLE; FLUOROGOLD; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; RECOMBINANT CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; REGENERATION GENE PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; LOCOMOTION; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; WHITE MATTER;

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 78650093810     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21281     Document Type: Article

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