Reactive Astrocytes Protect Tissue and Preserve Function after Spinal Cord Injury
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Reactive astrocytes protect tissue and preserve function after spinal cord injury.
Reactive astrocytes are prominent in the cellular response to spinal cord injury (SCI), but their roles are not well understood. We used a transgenic mouse model to study the consequences of selective and conditional ablation of reactive astrocytes after stab or crush SCI. Mice expressing a glial fibrillary acid protein-herpes simplex virus-thymidine kinase transgene were given mild or moderate...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neuroscience
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0270-6474,1529-2401
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3547-03.2004