Peripheral Nerve Grafts Support Regeneration after Spinal Cord Injury

Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 294-303

  Côté, Marie Pascale ^a   Amin, Arthi A ^a   Tom, Veronica J ^a   Houle, John D ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

axon regeneration; chondroitinase; neuroplasticity; peripheral nerve graft; Spinal cord injury; transplantation

Indexed keywords

GROWTH INHIBITOR; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE;

DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; GLIA CELL; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCAR; SCHWANN CELL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD REGENERATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TISSUE DEGENERATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 79955055970     PISSN: 19337213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13311-011-0024-6     Document Type: Review

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