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SUBMITTER: Boyd JG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC357069 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Boyd J G JG Lee J J Skihar V V Doucette R R Kawaja M D MD
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20040205 7
Studies have shown that implanting olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs) may be a promising therapeutic strategy to promote functional recovery after spinal cord injury. Several fundamental questions remain, however, regarding their in vivo interactions in the damaged spinal cord. We have induced a clip compression injury at the T10 level of the spinal cord in adult rats. After a delay of 1 week, OECs isolated from embryonic day 18 rats were implanted into the cystic cavity that had formed at the s ...[more]