Differential effects of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and neurotrophin-3 on hindlimb function in paraplegic rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 221-232

  Boyce, Vanessa S ^a   Park, Jihye ^a   Gage, Fred H ^b   Mendell, Lorne M ^a  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

C Fos; Locomotion; Neurotrophin; Plasticity; Rheobase; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; INTERNEURON; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TREADMILL; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC VECTORS; HINDLIMB; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROTROPHIN 3; PARAPLEGIA; RATS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84855952366     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07950.x     Document Type: Article

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