Reticulospinal plasticity after cervical spinal cord injury in the rat involves withdrawal of projections below the injury

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 247, Issue , 2013, Pages 241-249

  Weishaupt, N ^a   Hurd, C ^a   Wei, D Z ^a   Fouad, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axon collaterals; Corticospinal tract; Single pellet reaching

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE SPROUTING; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; RUBROSPINAL TRACT;

AAV; ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRAL VECTORS; AXON COLLATERALS; BDNF; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORTICOSPINAL TRACT; CST; DAB; DIAMINOBENZIDINE; GFP; GREEN-FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NT-3; P.I; POST-INJURY; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; RST; RTST; RUBROSPINAL TRACT; SCI; SINGLE PELLET REACHING; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FORELIMB; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROTROPHIN 3; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84878892002     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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