Deer antler innervation and regeneration

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1389-1401

  Nieto Diaz, Manuel ^a   Pita Thomas, Daniel Wolfgang ^b   Munoz Galdeano, Teresa ^a   Martinez Maza, Cayetana ^c   Navarro Ruiz, Rosa ^a   Reigada, David ^a   Yunta, Monica ^a   Caballero Lopez, Marcos Javier ^a   Nieto Sampedro, Manuel ^d   Martinez Maza, Rodrigo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL NACIONAL DE PARAPLÉJICOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deer antler; Endocrine; Fast axon growth; Gene expression; In vitro analysis; Nervous system injury; Neuron; Paracrine regulation; Spontaneous regeneration; Trigeminal nerve; Velvet

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; RATTUS;

ANIMAL; DEER; HORN; REGENERATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTLERS; DEER; REGENERATION;

EID: 84859244068     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/3993     Document Type: Review

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