Anti-Nogo-A and training: Can one plus one equal three?

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 235, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-61

  Starkey, Michelle L ^a   Schwab, Martin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Nogo A; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injury; Training

Indexed keywords

ATI 355; CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; COFILIN; IN 1; LIM KINASE; MYELIN ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; MYELIN OLIGODENDROCYTE GLYCOPROTEIN; NEP 1 40; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; NOGO A ANTIBODY; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN NOGO A; RHO KINASE; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CONVALESCENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; FOREBRAIN; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THERAPY EFFECT; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; EXERCISE THERAPY; MYELIN PROTEINS; NERVE REGENERATION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84859897495     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2011.04.008     Document Type: Review

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