Perineuronal and perisynaptic extracellular matrix in the human spinal cord

Neuroscience

Volumn 238, Issue , 2013, Pages 168-184

  Jager C ^a,b   Lendvai, D ^c   Seeger, G ^a   Bruckner G ^a   Matthews, R T ^d   Arendt, T ^a   Alpar A ^c,e   Morawski, M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR CELL THERAPY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aggrecan; Axonal coats; Brevican; Extracellular matrix; motorneurons; Pain fibres

Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN; BREVICAN; HYALURONIC ACID; NEUROCAN; PROTEOGLYCAN; TENASCIN; VERSICAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GLIA CELL; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; PERINEURONAL EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; PERISYNAPTIC EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; SPINOCEREBELLAR TRACT; SYNAPSE; WHITE MATTER;

AGGRECANS; AXONS; BREVICAN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; NEURONS; PROTEOGLYCANS; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84875609535     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.02.014     Document Type: Article

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