Motoneuron BDNF/TrkB signaling enhances functional recovery after cervical spinal cord injury

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 247, Issue , 2013, Pages 101-109

  Mantilla, Carlos B ^a,b   Gransee, Heather M ^a   Zhan, Wen Zhi ^a   Sieck, Gary C ^a,b  

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

CREB; Diaphragm muscle; Neuroplasticity; Neurotrophin; Phrenic motoneuron; Respiration; Respiratory; SiRNA; Spinal hemisection; TrkB Fc

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; NEUROTROPHIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; SPINAL CORD REGENERATION; TARGET CELL;

CREB; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; NEUROPLASTICITY; NEUROTROPHIN; PHRENIC MOTONEURON; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY; SIRNA; SPINAL HEMISECTION; TRKB-FC;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CREB-BINDING PROTEIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, TRKB; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84877357331     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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