Chondroitinase ABC promotes compensatory sprouting of the intact corticospinal tract and recovery of forelimb function following unilateral pyramidotomy in adult mice

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3665-3678

  Starkey, Michelle L ^a,b   Bartus, Katalin ^a   Barritt, Andrew W ^a   Bradbury, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chondroitin sulphate proteoglycans; Extracellular matrix; Forelimb asymmetry; Glial scar; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN 4 SULFATE; CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DENERVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FORELIMB; GRAY MATTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REINNERVATION; SPINAL CORD; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNILATERAL PYRAMIDOTOMY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; CHONDROITIN SULFATE PROTEOGLYCANS; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; DENERVATION; FORELIMB; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL CORD REGENERATION;

EID: 84871321584     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12017     Document Type: Article

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