Examination of the combined effects of chondroitinase ABC, growth factors and locomotor training following compressive spinal cord injury on neuroanatomical plasticity and kinematics

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Alluin, Olivier ^a   Delivet Mongrain, Hugo ^a   Gauthier, Marie Krystel ^b   Fehlings, Michael G ^c   Rossignol, Serge ^a   Karimi Abdolrezaee, Soheila ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d MANITOBA INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GROWTH FACTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR AA; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE SPROUTING; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THORACIC SPINE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WEIGHT BEARING; ANIMAL; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LOCOMOTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CRUSH; NERVE REGENERATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LOCOMOTION; MOVEMENT; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84908565781     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111072     Document Type: Article

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