Local substitution of GDF-15 improves axonal and sensory recovery after peripheral nerve injury

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 350, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 225-238

  Mensching, Leonore ^a   Börger, Ann Kathrin ^a   Wang, Xialong ^b   Charalambous, Petar ^b   Unsicker, Klaus ^b   Haastert Talini, Kirsten ^a,c  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c CENTER FOR SYSTEMS NEUROSCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epineurial pouch technique; Functional recovery; GDF 15; Nerve morphometry; Peripheral nerve regeneration

Indexed keywords

GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 15;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HYDROGEL; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MYELINATED NERVE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PINCH REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT; REFLEX; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE INJURY; SENSORY SYSTEM; STATIC SCIATIC INDEX;

ANIMALS; AXONS; FEMALE; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 15; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; SCIATIC NERVE;

RATTUS;

EID: 84871206841     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-012-1493-6     Document Type: Article

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