Cortical gene expression in spinal cord injury and repair: insight into the functional complexity of the neural regeneration program

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kruse, Fabian ^a   Bosse, Frank ^a   Vogelaar, Christina F ^a   Brazda, Nicole ^a   Küry, Patrick ^a   Gasis, Marcia ^a   Müller, Hans W ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

anti scarring treatment; axonal regeneration; axotomy; corticospinal tract; lesion scar; microarray; sensorimotor cortex; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870949181     PISSN: 16625099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2011.00026     Document Type: Article

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