Vector-induced NT-3 expression in rats promotes collateral growth of injured corticospinal tract axons far rostral to a spinal cord injury

Neuroscience

Volumn 272, Issue , 2014, Pages 65-75

  Weishaupt, N ^a   Mason, A L O ^b   Hurd, C ^b   May, Z ^b   Zmyslowski, D C ^b   Galleguillos, D ^b   Sipione, S ^b   Fouad, K ^b  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axonal growth; Lipopolysaccharide; Neurotrophic factor; Plasticity; Viral vector

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; RNA; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVIADENOVIRUS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN REGION; CELL REGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; ANIMAL; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; LEWIS RAT; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; AXONS; FEMALE; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; NEUROTROPHIN 3; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84900842109     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.04.041     Document Type: Article

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