Role of neurotrophins in spinal plasticity and locomotion

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 19, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 4509-4516

  Arvanian, Victor ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Motoneuron; Motor function; Neurotrophic factor; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GENE THERAPY AGENT; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; PARVOVIRUS VECTOR;

CELL ENGINEERING; CONVALESCENCE; FIBROBLAST; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSGENICS; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84878632194     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: 18734286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/13816128113199990378     Document Type: Review

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