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Axon regeneration: Vaccinating against spinal cord injury
1Department of Biology, Hunter College of the City University of New York, New York 10021, USA. filbin@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu
Current Biology : CB
|February 19, 2000
Abstract:
Myelin is a potent inhibitor of axon regeneration, but has been viewed as just one of many factors that prevent regeneration after injury. So it comes as a surprise that immunization against myelin has been found to allow extensive axon regeneration after injury, without apparent autoimmune-induced demyelination.