Transplanted olfactory ensheathing cells remyelinate and enhance axonal conduction in the demyelinated dorsal columns of the rat spinal cord

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 6176-6185

  Imaizumi, Toshio ^a,b   Lankford, Karen L ^a,b   Waxman, Stephen G ^a,b   Greer, Charles A ^a   Kocsis, Jeffery D ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Demyelination; Dorsal column; Olfactory ensheathing cell; Remyelination; Spinal cord; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEMYELINATION; FEMALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REMYELINIZATION; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032529351     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-16-06176.1998     Document Type: Article

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