Functional Repair of the Corticospinal Tract by Delayed Transplantation of Olfactory Ensheathing Cells in Adult Rats

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 28, 2003, Pages 9428-9434

  Keyvan Fouladi, Naghmeh ^a   Raisman, Geoffrey ^a   Li, Ying ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult; Axon; CNS; Delayed; Function; Lesion; OECs; Regeneration; Repair; Spinal cord; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; DEXTRAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREFOOT; GRAY MATTER; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE SHEATH; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT;

EID: 0142250825     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-28-09428.2003     Document Type: Article

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