Axonal regeneration and lack of astrocytic gliosis in EphA4-deficient mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 45, 2004, Pages 10064-10073

  Goldshmit, Yona ^a   Galea, Mary P ^a   Wise, Graham ^b   Bartlett, Perry F ^b,c   Turnley, Ann M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anterograde; Astrocytic gliosis; Cytokine; Neurite outgrowth; Retrograde; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN A5; EPHRIN RECEPTOR A4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AXOPLASM FLOW; CLIMBING; GLIOSIS; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; RUBROSPINAL TRACT; SCAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WALKING;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; AXONS; BRAIN; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GLIOSIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FC FRAGMENTS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-6; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURITES; PARAPLEGIA; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RECEPTOR, EPHA4; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RED NUCLEUS; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 8544237780     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2981-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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