Axon regeneration and exercise-dependent plasticity after spinal cord injury

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1279, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 154-163

  Houle, John D ^a   Côté, Marie Pascale ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CFos; Neurotransplantation; Neurotrophic factors; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4; SYNAPSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THORAX INJURY; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING;

EID: 84875582206     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12052     Document Type: Article

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