Abrogation of β-Catenin signaling in oligodendrocyte precursor cells reduces glial scarring and promotes axon regeneration after CNS injury

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 31, 2014, Pages 10285-10297

  Rodriguez, Justin P ^a,b   Coulter, Michael ^b   Miotke, Jill ^c   Meyer, Ronald L ^c   Takemaru, Ken Ichi ^a   Levine, Joel M ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stony Brook University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Glia; Inflammation; Repair; Wnt

Indexed keywords

GLIA; INFLAMMATION; REPAIR; WNT;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CICATRIX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE REGENERATION; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; RECEPTOR, PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TAMOXIFEN;

EID: 84904968661     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4915-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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