MEK inhibition reduces glial scar formation and promotes the recovery of sensorimotor function in rats following spinal cord injury

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 66-72

  Lin, Bin ^a   Xu, Yang ^a   Zhang, Bi ^a   He, Yong ^a   Yan, Yun ^a   He, Ming Chang ^a  

^a Orthopaedic Center of People s Liberation Army   (China)

Author keywords

Extracellular signal regulated kinases; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Glial scar; Spinal cord injury; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

1, 4 DIAMINO 1, 4 BIS (2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2, 3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; 1,4 DIAMINO 1,4 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2,3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BEHAVIOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LATENT PERIOD; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCAR FORMATION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 84887857025     PISSN: 17920981     EISSN: 17921015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/etm.2013.1371     Document Type: Article

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