Astrocytic and vascular remodeling in the injured adult rat spinal cord after chondroitinase ABC treatment

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 803-818

  Milbreta, Ulla ^a,b   Von Boxberg, Ysander ^a   Mailly, Philippe ^c   Nothias, Fatiha ^a   Soares, Sylvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^c Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Biologie   (France)

Author keywords

axon remodeling; blood brain barrier; glial scar; laminin; neoangiogenesis

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; LAMININ;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD VESSEL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MICROVASCULATURE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REVASCULARIZATION; SCAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VASCULAR TISSUE; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; NERVE REGENERATION; PATHOLOGY; VASCULAR REMODELING; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; AXONS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; VASCULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84899098156     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2013.3143     Document Type: Article

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