Db-cAMP applied to the Red Nucleus in rat improves the regenerative response of the rubrospinal tract after cervical spinal cord injury

A high cervical injury to the rubrospinal tract (RST) generally results in cellular and nuclear atrophy of the rubral neurons, abortive axonal regeneration and eventual retraction from the forming injurious scar and enlarging cavity. The neuronal cell body response to axonal injury plays an importa...

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Main Author: Lane, René
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43395