Grafts of BDNF-producing fibroblasts rescue axotomized rubrospinal neurons and prevent their atrophy.

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Published in Exp Neurol on December 01, 2002

Authors

Yi Liu1, B Timothy Himes, Marion Murray, Alan Tessler, Itzhak Fischer

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19129, USA.

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