Epidermal growth factor receptor inhibition enhances locomotor recovery and neurogenesis in mouse spinal cord injury.

• Main Author: Lim, Han Chi.
• Other Authors: Feng, Zhiwei
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Human anatomy and physiology::Neurobiology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/16293
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Spinal cord injury (SCI) often leads to severe loss of axonal tracts in Central Nervous System (CNS), impairing sensory and motor signals transmission between brain and remainder of the body, which causes long-term physiological dysfunctions in SCI patients. Due to the limited self-regenerative abil...