Inosine enhances axon sprouting and motor recovery after spinal cord injury

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Kim, Daniel ^a   Zai, Laila ^a,b   Liang, Peng ^a,b,c   Schaffling, Colleen ^a   Ahlborn, David ^a   Benowitz, Larry I ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INOSINE; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN MST3B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; HINDLIMB; INTERNEURON; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MOTOR COORDINATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; OSMOTIC MINIPUMP; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REINNERVATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HINDLIMB; INOSINE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEROTONIN; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84891451546     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081948     Document Type: Article

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