Axons Necessary For Voluntary Movement Regenerated

Thursday, April 9, 2009 - 10:37 in Biology & Nature

For the first time, researchers have clearly shown regeneration of a critical type of nerve fiber that travels between the brain and the spinal cord and which is required for voluntary movement. The regeneration was accomplished in a brain injury site in rats.

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