Targeting a dominant negative rho kinase to neurons promotes axonal outgrowth and partial functional recovery after rat rubrospinal tract lesion.

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Published in Mol Ther on July 21, 2009

Authors

Dongsheng Wu1, Ping Yang, Xinyu Zhang, Juan Luo, Mohammed E Haque, John Yeh, Peter M Richardson, Yi Zhang, Xuenong Bo

Author Affiliations

1: Neuroscience Centre, Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary, University of London, London, UK.

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