Spinal cord regeneration: Where fish, frogs and salamanders lead the way, can we follow?

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 451, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 353-364

  Diaz Quiroz, Juan Felipe ^a   Echeverri, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon; Glial scar; Regeneration; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MYELIN ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; OLIGODENDROCYTE MYELIN GLYCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN NOGO;

ASTROCYTE; CELL MIGRATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALAMANDER; SCAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD REGENERATION; TAIL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CICATRIX; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; FISHES; HUMANS; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGLIA; RANIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL CORD REGENERATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; URODELA;

ANURA; MAMMALIA; SALAMANDROIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84876279302     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20121807     Document Type: Review

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