Grafting of fetal brainstem 5-HT neurons into the sublesional spinal cord of paraplegic rats restores coordinated hindlimb locomotion

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 247, Issue , 2013, Pages 572-581

  Sławińska, Urszula ^a   Miazga, Krzysztof ^a   Cabaj, Anna M ^a,b   Leszczyńska, Anna N ^a   Majczyński, Henryk ^a   Nagy, James I ^c   Jordan, Larry M ^c  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCYBERNETICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Locomotor movement; Serotonin; Spinal cord injury; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 2 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 7 RECEPTOR;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN STEM; CELL POPULATION; CELL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; CELL THERAPY; CELL VIABILITY; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EMBRYO; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FETUS; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HINDLIMB; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERNEURON; LOCOMOTION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTOR COORDINATION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TREADMILL; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIDEORECORDING;

LOCOMOTOR MOVEMENT; SEROTONIN; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; PARAPLEGIA; PHENOLS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SULFONAMIDES;

EID: 84881376812     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2013.02.008     Document Type: Article

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