Spinal cord injury: Emerging beneficial role of reactive astrocytes’ migration

• Published in: The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology Vol. 40; no. 9; pp. 1649 - 1653
• Main Authors: Renault-Mihara, Francois, Okada, Seiji, Shibata, Shinsuke, Nakamura, Masaya, Toyama, Yoshiaki, Okano, Hideyuki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 2008
• Subjects: Animals; Astrocytes - cytology; Astrocytes - pathology; Cell Movement; Humans; Inflammation - complications; Inflammation - pathology; Migration; Reactive astrocyte; Spinal Cord Injuries - complications; Spinal Cord Injuries - pathology; Spinal cord injury; Therapeutic; Therapeutic; Spinal cord injury; Migration; Reactive astrocyte

Spinal cord injury (SCI), despite considerable progress in palliative care, has currently no satisfying therapeutic leading to functional recovery. Inability of central nervous system severed axons to regenerate after injury is considered to originate from both limited intrinsic capabilities of neur...