Reactive astrocytes promote axonal remodeling and neurological recovery after stroke

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 9, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 1874-1875

  Liu, Zhongwu ^a   Xin, Hongqi ^a   Chopp, Michael ^a,b  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NESTIN; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL COMMUNICATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; HYPERTROPHY; MICROGLIA; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 84916630617     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: 18767958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.145343     Document Type: Article

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