Remyelination after chronic spinal cord injury is associated with proliferation of endogenous adult progenitor cells after systemic administration of guanosine

Purinergic Signalling

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-71

  Jiang, Shucui ^a   Ballerini, Patrizia ^b   Buccella, Silvana ^b   Giuliani, Patricia ^b   Jiang, Cai ^a   Huang, Xinjie ^a   Rathbone, Michel P ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell proliferation; Functional recovery; Guanine; Guanosine; Immunohistochemistry; Myelination; Oligodendrocyte; Precursors; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

EID: 39549112277     PISSN: 15739538     EISSN: 15739546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11302-007-9093-8     Document Type: Article

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