A systematic review of directly applied biologic therapies for acute spinal cord injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1589-1610

  Kwon, Brian K ^a,b   Okon, Elena B ^b   Plunet, Ward ^b   Baptiste, Darryl ^c   Fouad, Karim ^d   Hillyer, Jessica ^b   Weaver, Lynne C ^e   Fehlings, Michael G ^c   Tetzlaff, Wolfram ^b  

^a Blusson Spinal Cord Center   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

anti nogo antibodies; biologic therapies; cethrin; chondroitinase ABC; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; CETHRIN; CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; EXOENZYME C3; FASUDIL; FIBRIN GLUE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYELIN; NOGO 66 RECEPTOR; NOGO A ANTIBODY; PENICILLINASE; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

ACUTE SPINAL CORD INJURY; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BASSO, BEATTIE AND BRESNAHAN LOCOMOTOR TEST; BEHAVIOR; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTUSION; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FETUS CELL; FISCHER 344 RAT; HAPLORHINI; HISTOLOGY; IMPLANTATION; IN VIVO STUDY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LOCOMOTION; LONG EVANS RAT; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY ENSHEATHING CELL; OSMOTIC MINIPUMP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEER REVIEW; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); THORACIC SPINE; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MYELIN PROTEINS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960803845     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2009.1150     Document Type: Review

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