Bridging the gap: A reticulo-propriospinal detour bypassing an incomplete spinal cord injury

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 40, 2014, Pages 13399-13410

  Filli, Linard ^a,c   Engmann, Anne Katrin ^a   Zörner, Björn ^a,c   Weinmann, Oliver ^a   Moraitis, Timoleon ^b   Gullo, Miriam ^a   Kasper, Hansjörg ^a   Schneider, Regula ^a   Schwab, Martin E ^a  

^a University of Zurich Brain Research Institute   (Switzerland)

^b Institute of Neuroinformatics Zurich   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Locomotion; Neuroanatomical plasticity; Propriospinal; Reticulospinal; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

CARPROFEN; ENROFLOXACIN; MIDAZOLAM MALEATE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CARRIER; SLC17A6 PROTEIN, RAT; SLC17A7 PROTEIN, RAT; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPROTECTION; FEMALE; GIGANTOCELLULAR RETICULAR NUCLEUS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMINECTOMY; LOCOMOTION; NERVE CELL; NERVE SPROUTING; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; NONHUMAN; PROPRIOSPINAL NEURON; RAT; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; ANIMAL; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LEWIS RAT; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE TRACT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETICULAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL COUNT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GABA PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETICULAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 1; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2;

EID: 84907537452     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0701-14.2014     Document Type: Article

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