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NEURAL RECONNECTION IN THE TRANSECTED SPINAL CORD OF THE FRESH-WATER TURTLE Trachemys dorbignyi

This paper provides the first evidence that fresh water turtles are able to reconnect their completely transected spinal cord leading to some degree of recovery of the motor functions lost after injury. Videographic analysis showed that some turtles (5 out of 11) surviving more than 20 days after in...

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Main Authors: Rehermann, María Inés, Marichal, Nicolás, Russo, Raúl E., Trujillo-Cenóz, Omar
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2697850/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19418545
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cne.22061
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