Role of endogenous Schwann cells in tissue repair after spinal cord injury

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 177-185

  Zhang, Shu Xin ^a   Huang, Feng Fa ^a   Gates, Mary ^a   Holmberg, Eric G ^a,b  

^a Spinal Cord Society Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Axonal regeneration; Bone marrow stromal cell; Cell transplantation; Grant supported paper; Myelination; Neural regeneration; Neuroregeneration; Olfactory ensheathing cells; Rat; Rose Bengal; Scar ablation; Schwann cells; Spinal cord injury; Tissue repair

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOSIS; AXONAL MYELINATION; BONE MARROW STROMA CELL; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DEMYELINATION; DORSAL ROOT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FIBROBLAST; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELINATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY ENSHEATHING CELL; OLIGODENDROGLIA; SCHWANN CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TISSUE REPAIR;

EID: 84925616620     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: 18767958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2013.02.011     Document Type: Article

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