Functional regeneration beyond the glial scar

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 253, Issue , 2014, Pages 197-207

  Cregg, Jared M ^a   DePaul, Marc A ^a   Filous, Angela R ^a   Lang, Bradley T ^a   Tran, Amanda ^a   Silver, Jerry ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon growth cone; Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans; Glial scar; Hypertrophy; Regeneration; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ASTROCYTE; BRAIN INJURY; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; DENERVATION; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION;

AXON GROWTH CONE; CHONDROITIN SULFATE PROTEOGLYCANS; GLIAL SCAR; HYPERTROPHY; REGENERATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; CICATRIX; HUMANS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROGLIA;

EID: 84892850576     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2013.12.024     Document Type: Review

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