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Nature Medicine 8, 928 - 930 (2002)
doi:10.1038/nm0902-928
Limitations in brain repair
Evan Y. Snyder1 & Kook I. Park1,2
- Department of Neurology & Division of Newborn Medicine Harvard Medical School Boston, Masscusetts, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Pharmacology, & Brain Yonsei University College of Medicine Seoul, Korea, USA e-mail: esnyder1@caregroup.harvard.edu
Abstract
Stroke and irradiation can cause severe brain damage, with consequences for neuronal replacement. The results of two new studies may help us understand the barriers to effective therapies to restore injured brain tissue (pages 955–962 and 963–970).
Two papers in this issue address the problem of neuron birth and replacement in the adult brain following injury 1, 2. The old saw, 'the devil is in the details', was never as true and of such importance to patients and practitioners as in dealing with the prospects of brain repair.
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