MicroRNA dysregulation in spinal cord injury: Causes, consequences, and therapeutics

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue FEB, 2014, Pages

  Nieto Diaz, Manuel ^a   Esteban, Francisco J ^b   Reigada, David ^a   Muñoz Galdeano, Teresa ^a   Yunta, Mónica ^a,c   Caballero López, Marcos ^a   Navarro Ruiz, Rosa ^a   del Águila, Ángela ^a   Maza, Rodrigo M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL NACIONAL DE PARAPLÉJICOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^c Unidad Funcional de Investigación en Enfermedades Crónicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Astrogliosis; Cell death; Inflammation; MicroRNA; Nervous system; Spinal cord injury; Therapeutics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901468954     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00053     Document Type: Review

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