Spontaneous regeneration of intrinsic spinal cord axons in a novel spinal cord slice culture model

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2483-2492

  Bonnici, Brenda ^a   Kapfhammer, Josef P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Axonal regeneration; Intrinsic spinal cord axons; Mouse; Myelin formation; Organotypic slice cultures; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; MYELINATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; STAINING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TISSUE CULTURE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DISSECTION; GROWTH CONES; INTERNEURONS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROLIPRAM; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 44649152302     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06227.x     Document Type: Article

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