Combining neurotrophin-transduced Schwann cells and rolipram to promote functional recovery from subacute spinal cord injury

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2203-2217

  Flora, Govinder ^a   Joseph, Gravil ^a   Patel, Samik ^a   Singh, Amanpreet ^a   Bleicher, Drew ^a   Barakat, David J ^a   Louro, Jack ^a   Fenton, Stephanie ^a   Garg, Maneesh ^a   Bunge, Mary Bartlett ^a   Pearse, Damien D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal growth; Brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF); Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (AMP); Myelination; Neurotrophin 3 (NT 3); Proprioceptive fiber growth; Supraspinal axons; Viral vector

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NEUROTROPHIN; ROLIPRAM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HINDLIMB; LIMB MOVEMENT; MYELINATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SCHWANN CELL CULTURE; SCHWANN CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; AXONS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HINDLIMB; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MYELIN SHEATH; NEUROTROPHIN 3; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGENERATION; ROLIPRAM; SCHWANN CELLS; SEROTONIN; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84890321394     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/096368912X658872     Document Type: Article

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