Neurotrophic factors in spinal cord injury

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 220, Issue , 2014, Pages 443-460

  Boyce, Vanessa S ^a   Mendell, Lorne M ^a  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic dysreflexia; Axon growth; BDNF; Cell survival; Collateral sprouting; EPSP; NGF; NMDA receptors; NT 3; Pain; Spinal cord injury; Stepping

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGENERATIVE ABILITY; REMYELINIZATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; CONVALESCENCE; NERVE FIBER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84902113412     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: 18650325     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-45106-5_16     Document Type: Article

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