C. elegans as a genetic model to identify novel cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying nervous system regeneration

Cell Adhesion and Migration

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Chiu, Hui ^a,b   Alqadah, Amel ^a   Chuang, Chiou Fen ^a   Chang, Chieh ^a,c  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axon regeneration; C. elegans; Femtosecond laser; Genetics; Neuronal circuits

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ACTIVITY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMTOSECOND LASER; GENETIC MODEL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; STROKE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; LASER; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GENETICS; LASERS; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, GENETIC; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 85046980504     PISSN: 19336918     EISSN: 19336926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cam.5.5.17985     Document Type: Note

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