Combining peripheral nerve grafts and chondroitinase promotes functional axonal regeneration in the chronically injured spinal cord.

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Published in J Neurosci on November 25, 2009

Authors

Veronica J Tom1, Harra R Sandrow-Feinberg, Kassi Miller, Lauren Santi, Theresa Connors, Michel A Lemay, John D Houlé

Author Affiliations

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

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