Facilitating axon regeneration in the injured CNS by microtubules stabilization

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 391-393

  Sengottuvel, Vetrivel ^a   Fischer, Dietmar ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Axon; Central nervous system; CNTF; LIF; Microtubules; Regeneration; Retina; Taxol

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960091227     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19420889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cib.15552     Document Type: Short Survey

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