A specific 37,000-dalton protein that accumulates in regenerating but not in nonregenerating mammalian nerves

Authors :: Muller, Hans Werner
Gebicke-Harter, Peter J.
Hangen, Donald H.
Shooter, Eric M.
Source :: Science. April 26, 1985, Vol. 228 , p499, 3 p.
Publication Year :: 1985
Abstract: Axons in the peripheral nervous system (PNS) of mammals can regenerate after injury, whereas axons in the adult mammalian central nervous system (CNS) typically show only abortive sprouting after lesions [...]

Subjects :: Nerve growth factor -- Research
Rats as laboratory animals -- Research
Nerve proteins -- Research
Nervous system -- Regeneration
Nerves -- Research
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