Role of Wnt Signaling in Central Nervous System Injury

Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 2297-2311

  Lambert, Catherine ^a   Cisternas, Pedro ^a   Inestrosa, Nibaldo C ^a,b,c  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE MAGALLANES   (Chile)

Author keywords

Spinal cord injury; Stroke; Traumatic brain injury; Wnt signaling

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; WNT PROTEIN;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; INJURIES; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES, TRAUMATIC; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84929439203     PISSN: 08937648     EISSN: 15591182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12035-015-9138-x     Document Type: Review

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