The effect of growth factors on bulbospinal neurite outgrowth in an in vitro embryonic chick model
Injury to the spinal cord of higher vertebrates damages motor axons that connect the brain and brainstem with their targets in the spinal cord. Axotomized central nervous system (CNS) neurons often experience degeneration of the distal axon, retraction of the proximal end, and atrophy of the cell...
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| Language: | English |
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2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/12214 |