Article Information
- Received July 4, 2013
- Revision received September 18, 2013
- Accepted September 24, 2013
- First published October 23, 2013.
- Version of record published October 23, 2013.
Author Information
- 1Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093,
- 2Veterans Administration Medical Center, San Diego, California 92161,
- 3Spinal Cord Injury Center, Heidelberg University Hospital, D-69118 Heidelberg, Germany,
- 4Spinal Cord Research Center, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19129
Author contributions
Author contributions: S.H. and A.B. designed research; S.H., L.G., and P.L. performed research; V.J.T. contributed unpublished reagents/analytic tools; S.H., P.L., and A.B. analyzed data; S.H., P.L., and A.B. wrote the paper.
Disclosures
- Received July 4, 2013.
- Revision received September 18, 2013.
- Accepted September 24, 2013.
This work was supported by National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Grant NS054883, Wings for Life, International Foundation for Research in Paraplegia, and International Spinal Research Trust (all to A.B.), Craig H. Neilsen Foundation Grant 161456 (postdoctoral fellowship; S.H.), and the Veterans Administration and Canadian Spinal Research Organization (P.L.). We thank the Rat Resource and Research Center, University of Missouri (Columbia, MO) for providing GFP rats.
- Correspondence should be addressed to either of the following: Dr. Armin Blesch, Spinal Cord Injury Center, Heidelberg University Hospital, Schlierbacher Landstrasse 200a, D-69118 Heidelberg, Germany, armin.blesch{at}med.uni-heidelberg.de; or Dr. Paul Lu, Center for Neural Repair, Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0626, plu{at}ucsd.edu
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