Combined delivery of Nogo-A antibody, neurotrophin-3 and the NMDA-NR2d subunit establishes a functional 'detour' in the hemisected spinal cord

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1256-1267

  Schnell, Lisa ^a   Hunanyan, Arsen S ^b,c   Bowers, William J ^d   Horner, Philip J ^e   Federoff, Howard J ^f   Gullo, Miriam ^a   Schwab, Martin E ^a   Mendell, Lorne M ^c   Arvanian, Victor L ^b,c  

^a University of Zurich Brain Research Institute   (Switzerland)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor neuron; Spinal cord injury; Spinal hemisection; Sprouting; Synaptic response; Ventrolateral funiculus

Indexed keywords

GROWTH INHIBITOR; HERPESVIRUS VECTOR; MAGNESIUM ION; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2D; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NOGO A ANTIBODY; PROTEIN NOGO A; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ADULT ANIMAL; AMPLICON; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BROWN SEQUARD SYNDROME; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GRAY MATTER; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; INNERVATION; LATENT PERIOD; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; MYELIN PROTEINS; NEUROTROPHIN 3; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 80054691499     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07862.x     Document Type: Article

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