Urokinase-type plasminogen activator promotes dendritic pine recovery and improves neurological outcome following ischemic stroke

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 43, 2014, Pages 14219-14232

  Wu, Fang ^a   Catano, Marcela ^a   Echeverry, Ramiro ^a   Torre, Enrique ^a   Haile, Woldeab B ^a   An, Jie ^a,b   Chen, Changhua ^a   Cheng, Lihong ^a   Nicholson, Andrew ^a   Tong, Frank C ^a   Park, Jaekeun ^c   Yepes, Manuel ^a,d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c Emory University   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; Recovery; Stroke; Urokinase type plasminogen activator

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; COFILIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; PROFILIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; UROKINASE; UROKINASE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CORNER TEST; DENDRITIC SPINE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FORELIMB STRENGTH TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; MTT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELLS, CULTURED; DENDRITIC SPINES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, UROKINASE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROKINASE-TYPE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 84908079683     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5309-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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