2008
Axonal growth therapeutics: regeneration or sprouting or plasticity?
Cafferty WB, McGee AW, Strittmatter SM. Axonal growth therapeutics: regeneration or sprouting or plasticity? Trends In Neurosciences 2008, 31: 215-220. PMID: 18395807, PMCID: PMC2678051, DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2008.02.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAxonal growthAstroglial scarHigh clinical significanceFunctional recoveryNeurological injuryInciting eventFunctional deficitsSpinal cordClinical significanceAdult brainLoss of functionCell lossInhibitory factorAxonal connectivityAxonal anatomyAxonal extensionMolecular interventionsMyelinScarCordInjuryBrain
2005
Regulation of neuropilin 1 by spinal cord injury in adult rats
Agudo M, Robinson M, Cafferty W, Bradbury EJ, Kilkenny C, Hunt SP, McMahon SB. Regulation of neuropilin 1 by spinal cord injury in adult rats. Molecular And Cellular Neuroscience 2005, 28: 475-484. PMID: 15737738, DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2004.10.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpinal cord injuryDorsal hornCord injurySpinal cordAdult ratsAdjacent dorsal root gangliaNeuropilin-1Dorsal root rhizotomyDorsal root gangliaUnilateral rhizotomyMicroglial cellsRoot gangliaSensory projectionsControl animalsRhizotomyWestern blottingBlood vesselsInjuryRT-PCRSuperficial layersCordLesionsRatsSitu hybridizationHorn