A Secret Ingredient to Help Heal Spinal Cord Injuries? (IMAGE)

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A Secret Ingredient to Help Heal Spinal Cord Injuries?

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Adult zebrafish are capable of regenerating their spinal cords after complete transection injury. Expression of the<i> connective tissue growth factor a (ctgfa) </i>gene in tissue that is bridging the two severed ends stimulates spinal cord regeneration. Glial cells are indicated in red, neuronal cells in green, and ependymal cells in blue. Zebrafish provide a model to inform methodologies for spinal cord regeneration in humans.

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M. Mokalled and K. Poss

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