Transplanted olfactory ensheathing cells promote regeneration of cut adult rat optic nerve axons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 7783-7788

  Li, Ying ^a   Sauvé, Yves ^b   Li, Daqing ^a   Lund, Raymond D ^b   Raisman, Geoffrey ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; CNS; Eye; OECs; Regeneration; Transplantation; Vision

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL CORD LESION;

EID: 0042821856     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-21-07783.2003     Document Type: Article

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