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| Title |
Bridging spinal cord injuries
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Biology, October 2008
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| DOI | 10.1186/jbiol89 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
James W Fawcett |
| Abstract |
One strategy for spinal cord injury repair is to make cellular bridges that support axon regeneration. However, the bridging cells often fail to integrate with host tissue and may lead to increased pain sensitivity. Recent work has tested bridging with two forms of progenitor-derived astrocyte. One type integrates, suppresses scar formation and promotes axon regeneration, whereas another very similar type, reported in Journal of Biology, does not support regeneration and increases pain sensitivity. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 55 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1 | 2% |
| Chile | 1 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Poland | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 50 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 25% |
| Researcher | 11 | 20% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 10 | 18% |
| Unknown | 6 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 19 | 35% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 15% |
| Neuroscience | 6 | 11% |
| Engineering | 5 | 9% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 4 | 7% |
| Unknown | 9 | 16% |