Open AccessBuilding Bridges for Spinal Cord Repair
Author(s) -
Phillip G. Popovich
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 26.304
H-Index - 776
eISSN - 1097-4172
pISSN - 0092-8674
DOI - 10.1016/j.cell.2012.08.025
Subject(s) - biology , spinal cord , neuroscience , bridge (graph theory) , function (biology) , anatomy , microbiology and biotechnology
For nearly a century, neuroscientists have sought to restore neurological function across spinal cord lesions. Lu et al. now present significant progress toward this goal, showing in rats that transplanted neural stem cells establish a functional bridge across completely transected spinal cords.
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