Combining Peripheral Nerve Grafting and Matrix Modulation to Repair the Injured Rat Spinal Cord
Open Access
- 20 November 2009
- journal article
- video audio-media
- Published by MyJove Corporation in Journal of Visualized Experiments
- No. 33,p. e1324
- https://doi.org/10.3791/1324
Abstract
Traumatic injury to the spinal cord disrupts communication with the brain. To restore lost connectivity we utilize a peripheral nerve...Keywords
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