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Abstract
In vitro assays have shown that adult CNS tissue, in particular oligodendrocytes and myelin, contains several molecular constituents (Nogo-A/NI-220, MAG, several proteoglycans) which exert neurite growth inhibitory activity. Elimination of oligodendrocytes or myelin, or application of antibodies against some of these constituents enhance regenerative growth and compensatory sprouting of lesioned and unlesioned fiber tracts in spinal cord and brain. Enhanced growth is paralleled by various degrees of functional recovery.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12440377 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(02)37026-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Prog Brain Res ISSN: 0079-6123 Impact factor: 2.453