NIH-3T3 fibroblast transplants enhance host regeneration and improve spatial learning in ventral subicular lesioned rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 315-324

  Rekha, J ^a,d   Veena, L R ^a   Prem, Neethi ^a   Kalaivani, P ^a   Choudhury, Rupam ^c   Alladi, Phalguni Anand ^a   Agrahari, Maulishree ^b   Raju, T R ^a   Kutty, Bindu M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^b PES UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^d University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioural recovery; CNS insult; Cognitive impairment; Fibroblast transplants; Host regeneration; Trophic support

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; IBOTENIC ACID; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DENTATE GYRUS; FIBROBLAST; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SUBICULUM; TISSUE REGENERATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VENTRAL SUBICULAR LESION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ATROPHY; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; HIPPOCAMPUS; IBOTENIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; NEURONS; NIH 3T3 CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGENERATION;

EID: 79151470988     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.11.020     Document Type: Article

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