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Article: Combinatorial therapy elicits spinal cord regeneration more than a year after injury.(Report)
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- November 15, 2009
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New research finds that adult neurons can still regenerate as long as 15 months after a spinal cord injury. The study, published by Cell Press in the October 29th issue of the journal Neuron, highlights the success of a strategy that targets multiple environmental and intrinsic obstacles known to limit nervous system plasticity and regeneration.
"Despite advances in promoting axonal regeneration after acute spinal cord injury, elicitation of regeneration of key neuronal processes, called axons, after chronic spinal cord injury remains a formidable challenge," explains senior study author Dr. Mark H. Tuszynski from the University of California, San Diego. "In fact, ...