Macrophage presence is essential for the regeneration of ascending afferent fibres following a conditioning sciatic nerve lesion in adult rats

Macrophage presence is essential for the regeneration of ascending afferent fibres following a conditioning sciatic nerve lesion in adult rats

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Injury to the peripheral branch of dorsal root ganglia (DRG) neurons prior to injury to the central nervous system (CNS) DRG branch results in the regeneration of the central branch. The exact mechanism mediating this regenerative tr...

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Main Authors: Smith Malcolm, Pollard Anthony N, Aguilar Salegio Ernesto A, Zhou Xin-Fu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-01-01
Series:BMC Neuroscience
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2202/12/11

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