Plasticity of intact Rubral projections mediates spontaneous recovery of function after corticospinal tract injury

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1443-1457

  Siegel, Chad S ^a   Fink, Kathren L ^a   Strittmatter, Stephen M ^a   Cafferty, William B J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Plasticity; Regeneration; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE N OXIDE; DESIGNER RECEPTOR EXCLUSIVELY ACTIVATED BY DESIGNER DRUG RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; NOGO RECEPTOR 1; PROTEIN C FOS; PROTEIN KINASE C GAMMA; PROTEIN NOGO; SEROTONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DESIGNER DRUG; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MYELIN PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILATERAL PYRAMIDOTOMY; BRAIN SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOTPRINT TEST; FORELIMB FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTACT RUBRAL PROJECTION; INTACT RUBROFUGAL PROJECTION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOGENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAPHE MAGNUS NUCLEUS; RED NUCLEUS; RUBROSPINAL PROJECTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CONVALESCENCE; DEFICIENCY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; RAPHE NUCLEUS; STEREOTYPY; TIME; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; DESIGNER DRUGS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYELIN PROTEINS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RAPHE NUCLEI; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84921908837     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3713-14.2015     Document Type: Article

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