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The spinal cord as an alternative model for nerve tissue graft

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

A. Privat
Affiliation:
Instsitut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Medicate U. 336, Université Montpellier II 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France
M. Giménez y Ribotta
Affiliation:
Instsitut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Medicate U. 336, Université Montpellier II 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France

Abstract

The spinal cord provides an alternative model for nerve tissue grafting experiments. Anatomo-functional correlations are easier to make here than in any other region of the CNS because of a direct implication of spinal cord neurons in sensorimotor activities. Lesions can be easily performed to isolate spinal cord neurons from descending inputs. The anatomy of descending monoaminergic systems is well defined and these systems offer a favourable paradigm for lesion-graft experiments.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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