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Functional reconnection of severed mammalian spinal cord axons with polyethylene glycol

Shi et al., 1999

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16371921431395594544
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Shi R
Borgens R
Blight A
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Journal of neurotrauma

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We describe a technique using the water-soluble polymer polyethylene glycol (PEG) to reconnect the two segments of completely transected mammalian spinal axons within minutes. This was accomplished by fusing completely severed strips of isolated guinea pig …
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