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Revista de la Asociación Médica del Centro Médico ABC

2004, Number 4

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An Med Asoc Med Hosp ABC 2004; 49 (4)

Cerebral regeneration: Reality, possibilities and hope

Belkind-Gerson J, Suárez-Rodríguez R

Language: Spanish
References: 20
Page: 201-207
PDF size: 141.65 Kb.


ABSTRACT

There is a wide range to the limit of the regenerative capacity amongst different living organisms. The most dramatic example in the vertebrates, is the salamander which can completely regenerate its tail, extremities, eyes, mandible and even heart. In the human being, important recent scientific findings have suggested possible mechanism that may lead to regeneration even in neuronal tissue, previously believed to have little or no regenerative capacity. In this work, we discuss some of these observations and how they may be used in human neuronal regeneration.


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