Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
An exception to the rule? Regeneration of the injured spinal cord in the spiny mouse.
- Journal:
- Developmental cell
- Year:
- 2022
- Authors:
- Wehner, Daniel & Becker, Catherina G
- Affiliation:
- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light · Germany
Abstract
The capacity for long-distance axon regeneration and functional recovery after spinal cord injury in the adult has long been thought to be a unique feature of certain non-mammalian vertebrates. However, in this issue of Developmental Cell, Nogueira-Rodrigues et al. report an astonishingly high regenerative ability in the spiny mouse.
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