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SUBMITTER: Munoz-Quiles C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2875478 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Muñoz-Quiles Cintia C Muñoz-Quiles Cintia C Santos-Benito Fernando F FF Llamusí M Beatriz MB Ramón-Cueto Almudena A
Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology 20091201 12
Olfactory bulb ensheathing glia (OB-OEG) promote repair of spinal cord injury (SCI) in rats after transplantation at acute or subacute (up to 45 days) stages. The most relevant clinical scenario in humans, however, is chronic SCI, in which no more major cellular or molecular changes occur at the injury site; this occurs after the third month in rodents. Whether adult OB-OEG grafts promote repair of severe chronic SCI has not been previously addressed. Rats with complete SCI that were transplante ...[more]