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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-4-24
pubmed:abstractText
Recent studies suggest that proliferation in the adult forebrain subventricular zone increases in response to a forebrain stroke and intraventricular infusions of growth factors enhance this response. The potential for growth factor infusions to regenerate the damaged motor cortex and promote recovery of motor function after stroke has not been examined. Here, we report that intraventricular infusions of epidermal growth factor and erythropoietin together, but not individually, promote substantial regeneration of the damaged cerebral cortex and reverse impairments in spontaneous and skilled motor tasks, in a rat model of stroke. Cortical regeneration and functional recovery occurred even when growth factor administration was delayed for up to 7 days after the stroke-induced lesion. Cell tracking demonstrated the contribution of neural precursors originating in the forebrain subventricular zone to the regenerated cortex. Strikingly, removal of the regenerated cortical tissue reversed the growth factor-induced functional recovery. These findings reveal that specific combinations of growth factors can mobilize endogenous adult neural stem cells to promote cortical tissue re-growth and functional recovery after stroke.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0271-678X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
983-97
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16985505-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16985505-Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:16985505-Bromodeoxyuridine, pubmed-meshheading:16985505-Cerebral Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:16985505-Epidermal Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:16985505-Erythropoietin, pubmed-meshheading:16985505-Forelimb, pubmed-meshheading:16985505-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:16985505-Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16985505-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16985505-Motor Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:16985505-Movement, pubmed-meshheading:16985505-Nerve Regeneration, pubmed-meshheading:16985505-Psychomotor Performance, pubmed-meshheading:16985505-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:16985505-Rats, Long-Evans, pubmed-meshheading:16985505-Retroviridae, pubmed-meshheading:16985505-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:16985505-Stroke, pubmed-meshheading:16985505-Swimming
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Growth factor-stimulated generation of new cortical tissue and functional recovery after stroke damage to the motor cortex of rats.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, Canadian Centre for Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't