AT2-receptor stimulation enhances axonal plasticity after spinal cord injury by upregulating BDNF expression

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 177-191

  Namsolleck, Pawel ^a,f   Boato, Francesco ^b,c   Schwengel, Katja ^a   Paulis, Ludovit ^a   Matho, Katherine S ^c   Geurts, Nathalie ^b   Thöne Reineke, Christa ^a   Lucht, Kristin ^a   Seidel, Kerstin ^a   Hallberg, Anders ^d   Dahlöf, Björn ^e   Unger, Thomas ^a,f   Hendrix, Sven ^b   Steckelings, U Muscha ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Angiotensin; AT2 receptor; New therapies; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR AGONIST COMPOUND 21; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR TRKA; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR TRKB; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR TRKC; PROTEIN BCL 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGICAL STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REINNERVATION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 2; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84872804111     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: 1095953X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2012.11.008     Document Type: Article

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