Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Building bridges with astrocytes for spinal cord repair.
- Journal:
- Journal of biology
- Year:
- 2006
- Authors:
- Miller, Robert H
- Affiliation:
- Department of Neurosciences · United States
- Species:
- rodent
Abstract
Simultaneous suppression of glial scarring and a general enhancement of axonal outgrowth has now been accomplished in an adult rat model of spinal cord transection. Transplantation of a novel astrocyte cell type derived from glial-restricted precursors in vitro raise the eventual possibility of cellular therapy for spinal cord injury.
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