FGF-2-Responsive and Spinal Cord-Resident Cells Improve Locomotor Function after Spinal Cord Injury

The adult central nervous system has only a limited capacity for axonal regeneration. In this study, fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) was injected once into the spinal cord tissue around the injury site immediately after complete spinal cord transection in rats. This treatment markedly improved th...

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Main Authors: Kasai, Masaki, Jikoh, Takahiro, Fukumitsu, Hidefumi, Furukawa, Shoei
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4161154/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20199141
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1089/neu.2009.1108
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