Spinal repair in immature animals: A novel approach using the South American opossum Monodelphis domestica

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 542-547

  Fry, Elizabeth J ^a   Saunders, N R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fibre growth; Immature CNS; In vitro; In vivo; Locomotor function; Monodelphis domestica; Opossum; Recovery; Regeneration; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; LOCOMOTION; MARSUPIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OPOSSUMS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0034125178     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1681.2000.03296.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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