Transgenic overexpression of the cell adhesion molecule L1 in neurons facilitates recovery after mouse spinal cord injury

Neuroscience

Volumn 252, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-12

  Jakovcevski, I ^a   Djogo, N ^a   Holters L S ^a   Szpotowicz, E ^a   Schachner, M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Catecholaminergic innervation; Functional recovery; Neural cell adhesion molecule L1; Neuronal Thy 1 promoter; Spinal cord injury; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE L1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GLIA CELL; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD REGENERATION; SYNAPSE; TRANSGENE;

AAV; ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS; CATECHOLAMINERGIC INNERVATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHAT; CHOLINE ACETYL TRANSFERASE; CNS; FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY; GFAP; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE L1; NEURONAL THY-1 PROMOTER; PBS; PHOSPHATE-BUFFERED SALINE PH 7.3; ROOM TEMPERATURE; RT; SCI; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TH; THY-1; THYMOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN 1; TRANSGENIC MICE; TYROSINE HYDROXYLASE; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1; VESICULAR INHIBITORY TRANSMITTER TRANSPORTER; VGAT; VGLUT1;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE L1; NEURONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84883293095     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.07.067     Document Type: Article

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