Article Information
- Received August 22, 2011
- Revision received October 11, 2011
- Accepted October 14, 2011
- First published December 7, 2011.
- Version of record published December 7, 2011.
Author Information
- Guillermo García-Alías1,
- Hayk A. Petrosyan2,3,
- Lisa Schnell4,
- Philip J. Horner5,
- William J. Bowers6,
- Lorne M. Mendell3,
- James W. Fawcett1, and
- Victor L. Arvanian2,3
- 1Centre for Brain Repair, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0PY, United Kingdom,
- 2Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Northport, New York 11768,
- 3Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794,
- 4University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Brain Research Institute, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland,
- 5University of Washington, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98195, and
- 6Department of Neurology, Center for Neural Development and Disease, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642
Author contributions
Author contributions: G.G.-A., L.S., L.M.M., J.W.F., and V.L.A. designed research; G.G.-A., H.A.P., L.S., and V.L.A. performed research; P.J.H. and W.J.B. contributed unpublished reagents/analytic tools; G.G.-A., H.A.P., L.S., P.J.H., W.J.B., L.M.M., J.W.F., and V.L.A. analyzed data; G.G.-A., L.M.M., J.W.F., and V.L.A. wrote the paper.
Disclosures
- Received August 22, 2011.
- Revision received October 11, 2011.
- Accepted October 14, 2011.
The research was supported by Merit Review Funding from the Department of Veterans Affairs (V.L.A.), the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation (L.M.M., J.W.F.), the New York State Spinal Cord Injury Research Board (V.L.A.), the Department of Defense (V.L.A.), NIH Grant 5R01 NS 16996 (L.M.M.), and the William J. Heiser Foundation (LMM). We thank Dr. Li Lou (State University of New York at Stony Brook) and Valentina Alessi (Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center) for help with immunochemistry experiments.
The authors declare no competing financial interests.
- Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Victor L. Arvanian, Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 79 Middleville Road, Building 62, Northport, NY 11768. vlarvanian{at}notes.cc.sunysb.edu
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