Axonal regeneration after sciatic nerve lesion is delayed but complete in GFAP- and vimentin-deficient mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Berg, Alexander ^a   Zelano, Johan ^b   Pekna, Marcela ^c,d   Wilhelmsson, Ulrika ^c   Pekny, Milos ^c,d   Cullheim, Staffan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GLIA CELL; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; REINNERVATION; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE INJURY; SYNAPTIC DENSITY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; AXOTOMY; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MICE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLES; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE REGENERATION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; SYNAPSES; UP-REGULATION; VIMENTIN;

EID: 84891375309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079395     Document Type: Article

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