Functional interactions between spinal cord grafts suggest asymmetries dictated by graft maturity

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 268-277

  Trok, Katarzyna ^a   Palmer, Michael R ^a   Freund, Ronald K ^a   Olson, Lars ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; FEMALE; FETUS (ANATOMY); GRAFT SURVIVAL; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROTROPISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINNERVATION; SENSORY GANGLION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0031149703     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1997.6453     Document Type: Article

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