Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) improves motor recovery in the rat impactor model for spinal cord injury

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Dittgen, Tanjew ^a   Pitzer, Claudia ^a   Plaas, Christian ^a   Kirsch, Friederike ^a   Vogt, Gerhard ^a   Laage, Rico ^a   Schneider, Armin ^a  

^a SYGNIS Bioscience   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT DURATION; ANIMAL; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855805319     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029880     Document Type: Article

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