A TrkB Antibody Agonist Promotes Plasticity after Cervical Spinal Cord Injury in Adult Rats

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2021, Pages 1338-1348

  Fouad, Karim ^a   Vavrek, Romana ^a   Cho, Seongeun ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

BDNF; reaching; recovery; repair; sprouting

Indexed keywords

29 D7; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NEUROMODULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; NTRK2 PROTEIN, RAT;

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANIMAL; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; DRUG EFFECT; INFUSION PUMP; INJURY; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEWIS RAT; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CERVICAL CORD; FEMALE; INFUSION PUMPS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RECEPTOR, TRKB; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 85105288292     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2009.1116     Document Type: Article

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