Combination treatment with chondroitinase ABC in spinal cord injury - Breaking the barrier

Neuroscience Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 477-483

  Zhao, Rong Rong ^a   Fawcett, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

axon regeneration; chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan; chondroitinase ABC; combination treatment; plasticity; rehabilitation; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; CLENBUTEROL; CYCLIC AMP; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; MYELIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2D; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NOGO A ANTIBODY; ONCOMODULIN; PARVOVIRUS VECTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE; ZYMOSAN;

CELL TRANSPLANTATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE SPROUTING; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY ENSHEATHING CELL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; RATS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL CORD REGENERATION;

EID: 84881178471     PISSN: 16737067     EISSN: 19958218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12264-013-1359-2     Document Type: Review

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