Extracellular matrix and perineuronal nets in CNS repair

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1073-1089

  Kwok, Jessica C F ^a   Dick, Gunnar ^a,b   Wang, Difei ^a   Fawcett, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans; Perineuronal net; Plasticity; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN; BREVICAN; HYALURONIC ACID; LECTIN; LINK PROTEIN; NEUROCAN; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE; SYNTHETASE; TENASCIN; VERSICAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENZYME STABILITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEAR; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MEMORY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PERINEURONAL NET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYNAPSE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; HUMANS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE;

EID: 80053916181     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20974     Document Type: Article

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