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Study Provides an Early Recipe for Rewiring Spinal Cords

Spinal cord research
Researchers have discovered three factors important for helping axons (red) regrow following spinal cord damage. (Sofroniew lab)

NIH-funded preclinical results suggest returning nerve cells to a younger state could aid in repair

Bethesda, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—August 31, 2018
Contact: Carl P. Wonders, Ph.D.

For many years, researchers have thought that the scar that forms after a spinal cord injury actively prevents damaged neurons from regrowing. In a study of rodents, scientists supported by the National Institutes of…

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