Treatment with nerve grafts and aFGF attenuates allodynia caused by cervical root transection injuries

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 265-274

  Lin, Yi Lo ^a,d   Kuo, Huai Sheng ^a   Lo, Ming Jei ^a   Tsai, May Jywan ^a   Lee, Meng Jen ^a,e   Huang, Wen Cheng ^a   Kuo, Wen Chun ^a   Shih, Yang Hsin ^a   Cheng, Henrich ^a,b   Huang, Ming Chao ^a,c  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHAOYANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGINASE 1; FIBRIN GLUE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; RECOMBINANT ACIDIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ATTENUATION; AUTOLOGOUS INTERCOSTAL NERVE GRAFT; CELL ACTIVATION; CERVICAL NERVE ROOT TRANSECTION; CERVICAL ROOT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; INFLAMMATION; LAMINECTOMY; MICROGLIA; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SHAM PROCEDURE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; SPINAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; ARGINASE; ASTROCYTES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HYPERALGESIA; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; MICROGLIA; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051523257     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: 18783627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-2011-0597     Document Type: Article

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