Dissociated predegenerated peripheral nerve transplants for spinal cord injury repair: A comprehensive assessment of their effects on regeneration and functional recovery compared to schwann cell transplants

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2226-2243

  Hill, Caitlin E ^a,b,c   Brodak, Danika M ^a,b,c   Bartlett Bunge, Mary ^c  

^a BURKE MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

axon regeneration; Basso Beattie Bresnahan score; Catwalk; Hargreaves; ladderwalk; peripheral nerve; Schwann cells; spinal cord injury; transplant; von Frey

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASSO BEATTIE BRESNAHAN; BRAIN STEM; CATWALK; DISSOCIATED PREDEGENERATED NERVE; FEMALE; HYPERALGESIA; INKED FOOTPRINT; LADDERWALK; LOCOMOTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE;

ANALGESIA; ANIMALS; AXONS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL SEPARATION; FEMALE; GAIT; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYPERALGESIA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCHWANN CELLS; SENSATION; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84865230299     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2012.2377     Document Type: Article

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