Repair of neural pathways by olfactory ensheathing cells

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 312-319

  Raisman, Geoffrey ^a   Li, Ying ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ASTROCYTE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BROWN SEQUARD SYNDROME; CELL CULTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FILOPODIUM; GLIA CELL; GRAY MATTER; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRACT; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY ENSHEATHING CELL; OLFACTORY NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMYELINIZATION; RETINA; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TISSUE CULTURE; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS;

EID: 33947372619     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn2099     Document Type: Review

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