Independent evaluation of the anatomical and behavioral effects of Taxol in rat models of spinal cord injury

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 261, Issue , 2014, Pages 97-108

  Popovich, Phillip G ^a,b   Tovar, C Amy ^a,b   Lemeshow, Stanley ^c   Yin, Qin ^a,b   Jakeman, Lyn B ^a,b  

^a Center for Brain and Spinal Cord Repair   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon; Behavior; Contusion; Hemisection; Microtubule; Regeneration; Replication; Scar formation; Serotonin; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

PACLITAXEL; ANTIGEN; CHONDROITIN SULFATE PROTEOGLYCAN 4; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; DIAMINO ACID; FIBRONECTIN; LAMININ; PROTEOGLYCAN; TUBULIN MODULATOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LAMINECTOMY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; EXPERIMENTAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; NERVE CELL GROWTH; PILOT STUDY; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME;

AMINO ACIDS, DIAMINO; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; COLLAGEN TYPE IV; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FIBRONECTINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PACLITAXEL; PROTEOGLYCANS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TUBULIN MODULATORS;

EID: 84905275893     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2014.06.020     Document Type: Article

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