Delayed treatment with Chondroitinase ABC reverses chronic atrophy of rubrospinal neurons following spinal cord injury

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 228, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 149-156

  Carter, Lucy M ^a   McMahon, Stephen B ^a   Bradbury, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Proteoglycan; Red nucleus; Repair neuroprotection; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED NUCLEUS; RUBROSPINAL NEURON; RUBROSPINAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THERAPY DELAY;

ANIMALS; ATROPHY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RED NUCLEUS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79851511832     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2010.12.023     Document Type: Article

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