Chondroitinase ABC promotes plasticity of spinal reflexes following peripheral nerve injury

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 238, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 64-78

  Bosch, Karen D ^a   Bradbury, Elizabeth J ^a   Verhaagen, Joost ^b   Fawcett, James W ^c   McMahon, Stephen B ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chondroitin sulphate proteoglycan; Chondroitinase ABC; Neuronal plasticity; Peripheral nerve injury; Spinal reflexes; Wind up

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLEXOR REFLEX; MEDIAN NERVE; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; POLYSYNAPTIC REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; RADIAL NERVE; RAT; REINNERVATION; SPIKE WAVE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL REFLEX; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULNAR NERVE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GENETIC VECTORS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LENTIVIRUS; MOTOR NEURONS; MOTOR SKILLS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; RATS; REFLEX, MONOSYNAPTIC; REFLEX, STRETCH; SENSATION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84866566239     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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