A re-assessment of the effects of treatment with an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor on recovery of bladder and locomotor function following thoracic spinal cord injury in rats

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 233, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 649-659

  Sharp, Kelli ^a   Yee, Kelly Matsudaira ^a   Steward, Oswald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon regeneration; BBB scale; Chondroitin sulphate proteoglycan; Contusion injury; Motor system; PD168393; Re myelination; Reactive astrocytes; Recovery of function; Sprouting

Indexed keywords

N [4 (3 BROMOANILINO) 6 QUINAZOLINYL]ACRYLAMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER FUNCTION; COLD SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEAT SENSITIVITY; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPLICATION STUDY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUINAZOLINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 84856535507     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2011.04.013     Document Type: Article

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