Nature Medicine
2, 976 - 977 (1996)
doi:10.1038/nm0996-976
Bridging the gap in spinal cord regenerationMartin E. SchwabBrain Research Institute, University of Zurich August Forel-strasse 1, PO Box 732, 8029 Zurich, Switzerland Peripheral nerve grafts promote the growth of nerve fibers in severed rat spinal cords.
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