Training and anti-CSPG combination therapy for spinal cord injury

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 235, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-32

  García Alías, Guillermo ^a   Fawcett, James W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inhibitory molecules; Plasticity; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE 4 SULFATASE; NEUROTROPHIN; NOGO A ANTIBODY; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE;

CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; GLIA; HUMAN; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAINING; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ANIMALS; CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; CHONDROITIN SULFATE PROTEOGLYCANS; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84859920044     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2011.09.009     Document Type: Review

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