Intrinsic axonal growth and the drive for regeneration

Following damage to the adult nervous system in conditions like stroke, spinal cord injury or traumatic brain injury, many neurons die and most of the remaining spared neurons fail to regenerate. Injured neurons fail to regrow both because of the inhibitory milieu in which they reside as well as a l...

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Main Author: Kevin J O'Donovan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2016.00486/full