Pioneering studies on the mechanisms of axonal regeneration

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 785-789

  Snow, Diane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models; Axon guidance molecules; CNS injury; Development; Growth factors; In vitro; Intrinsic cues; Paul C. Letourneau; Proteoglycans; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN SULFATE; NEUROTROPHIN; PROTEOGLYCAN;

BRAIN STEM; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL TYPE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GROWTH CONES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROSCIENCES;

EID: 79961184092     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20904     Document Type: Review

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