Vascular endothelial growth factor improves functional outcome and decreases secondary degeneration in experimental spinal cord contusion injury.

Widenfalk, J

Vascular endothelial growth factor improves functional outcome and decreases secondary degeneration in experimental spinal cord contusion injury. [electronic resource] - Neuroscience 2003 - 951-60 p. digital

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

0306-4522

10.1016/s0306-4522(03)00399-3 doi


Analysis of Variance
Angiogenesis Inducing Agents--administration & dosage
Angiogenesis Inhibitors--administration & dosage
Angiostatins
Animals
Animals, Newborn
Antigens--metabolism
Astrocytes
Behavior, Animal--drug effects
Blood Vessels--metabolism
Bromodeoxyuridine--pharmacokinetics
Cell Count
Cell Death
Cell Division--drug effects
Cerebral Cortex--metabolism
Disease Models, Animal
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Endothelial Growth Factors--genetics
Extracellular Matrix Proteins--metabolism
Female
Gene Expression Regulation
Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein--metabolism
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
In Situ Hybridization
In Situ Nick-End Labeling
Indoles--metabolism
Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins--genetics
Lymphokines--genetics
Nerve Degeneration--drug therapy
Neurofilament Proteins--metabolism
Neuropilin-1--genetics
Neuropilin-2--genetics
Peptide Fragments--administration & dosage
Plasminogen--administration & dosage
RNA, Messenger--metabolism
Random Allocation
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Receptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor--metabolism
Recovery of Function--physiology
Spinal Cord--cytology
Spinal Cord Injuries--drug therapy
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-1
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors
Wound Healing
von Willebrand Factor--immunology