Browsing by Subject "Glial scar"
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Ex Vivo slice culture model of rat spinal cord injury as a platform for testing proposed treatment strategies
(NUI Galway, 2018-04-13)There are several detrimental events that occur in the aftermath of a spinal cord injury (SCI); these include glial scar formation, accumulation of axon growth inhibitors and immune mediators. These events present challenges ... -
Neuronal glycosylation differentials in normal, injured and chondroitinase-treated environments
(2012)Glycosylation is found ubiquitously throughout the central nervous system (CNS). Chondroitin sulphate proteoglycans (CSPGs) are a group of molecules heavily substituted with glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) and are found in the ...