Slow- and fast-twitch rat hind limb skeletal muscle phenotypes 8 months after spinal cord transection and olfactory ensheathing glia transplantation
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Title: Slow- and fast-twitch rat hind limb skeletal muscle phenotypes 8 months after spinal cord transection and olfactory ensheathing glia transplantation Running title: Skeletal muscle phenotype of OEG-transplanted paraplegic rats Key words: Skeletal muscle phenotype, myosin subunit isoforms, muscle paralysis
Paralyzed skeletal muscle of rats with spinal cord injury (SCI) undergoes atrophy and a switch in gene expression pattern which leads to faster, more fatigable phenotypes. Olfactory ensheathing glia (OEG) transplants have been reported to promote axonal regeneration and to restore sensory-motor function in animals with SCI. We hypothesized that OEG-transplants could attenuate skeletal muscle ph...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Physiology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0022-3751
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.149120