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Ribosomal S6 kinases determine intrinsic axonal regeneration capacity
Wilfredo Mellado1, Dianna E Willis1,2
1Burke Neurological Institute, White Plains, New York, United States of America.
Plos Biology
|April 21, 2023
Abstract:
Why do adult mammalian central nervous system axons not regenerate, when peripheral axons do? Two studies in PLOS Biology point to the role of 2 related ribosomal S6 kinase family members in the differences in regeneration capacity between central and peripheral axons.

