Grafted neural progenitors integrate and restore synaptic connectivity across the injured spinal cord

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4675-4686

  Bonner, Joseph F ^a   Connors, Theresa M ^a   Silverman, William F ^a,b   Kowalski, David P ^a,c   Lemay, Michel A ^a   Fischer, Itzhak ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; PROTEIN C FOS; 2-HYDROXY-4,4'-DIAMIDINOSTILBENE, METHANESULFONATE SALT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CHOLERA TOXIN; STILBAMIDINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TISSUE REPAIR; ANIMAL; DIAGNOSTIC USE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GENETICS; GLIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; NERVE FIBER; NERVE TRACT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPSE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHOLERA TOXIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEUROGLIA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STILBAMIDINES; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79953015414     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4130-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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