Localized delivery of brain-derived neurotrophic factor-expressing mesenchymal stem cells enhances functional recovery following cervical spinal cord injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 185-193

  Gransee, Heather M ^a   Zhan, Wen Zhi ^a   Sieck, Gary C ^a,b   Mantilla, Carlos B ^a,b  

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

diaphragm muscle; neuroplasticity; neurotrophin; respiration; spinal hemisection

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW DERIVED MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; CERVICAL VERTEBRA; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DISEASE MODEL; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84921458220     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2014.3464     Document Type: Article

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