Sustained delivery of activated rho GTPases and BDNF promotes axon growth in CSPG-rich regions following spinal cord injury

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Jain, Anjana ^a   McKeon, Robert J ^b   Brady Kalnay, Susann M ^c   Bellamkonda, Ravi V ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; LIPID; NEUROFILAMENT 160; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN CDC42; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE; RAC1 PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HYDROGEL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICROTUBULE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; RAT; SLOW DRUG RELEASE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD REGENERATION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; CHONDROITIN SULFATE PROTEOGLYCANS; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RATS; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL CORD REGENERATION;

EID: 79551573105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016135     Document Type: Article

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