Cns regeneration: Clinical possibility or basic science fantasy?

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 523-534

  Batchelor, Peter E ^a   Howells, David W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Neural grafting; Parkinson's disease; Regeneration; Spinal cord; Sprouting

Indexed keywords

AXONAL INJURY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENERVATION; EXPERIMENTATION; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE SPROUTING; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATIVE ABILITY; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD; TARGET CELL; WOUND;

EID: 0141447322     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-5868(03)00004-3     Document Type: Article

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