Permissive Schwann cell graft/spinal cord interfaces for axon regeneration

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 115-131

  Williams, Ryan R ^a   Henao, Martha ^a   Pearse, Damien D ^a   Bunge, Mary Bartlett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Axon regeneration; Interface; Neuroglycan (NG2); Schwann cells (SCs); Spinal cord injury; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLYCAN DERIVATIVE; LIPID BINDING PROTEIN; MATRIGEL; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2A; NESTIN; NEUROGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIGEN; CHONDROITIN SULFATE PROTEOGLYCAN 4; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BRAIN STEM; CELL ELONGATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HINDLIMB; LIMB MOVEMENT; LIQUID; LOCOMOTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; ANIMAL; AUTOGRAFT; AXON; FISCHER 344 RAT; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL CORD REGENERATION; TRANSPLANTATION;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; ASTROCYTES; AUTOGRAFTS; AXONS; FEMALE; PROTEOGLYCANS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SCHWANN CELLS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL CORD REGENERATION;

EID: 84921776884     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/096368913X674657     Document Type: Article

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