"Combining an autologous peripheral nervous system "bridge" and matrix modification by chondroitinase allows robust, functional regeneration beyond a hemisection lesion of the adult rat spinal cord"
Houle JD, Tom VJ, Mayes D, Wagoner G, Phillips N, Silver J
J. Neurosci. 26: 7405-7415 (2006).
"Chronic enhancement of the intrinsic growth capacity of sensory neurons combined with the degradation of inhibitory proteoglycans allows functional regeneration of sensory axons through the dorsal root entry zone in the mammalian spinal cord"
Steinmetz MP, Horn KP, Tom VJ, Miller JH, Busch SA, Nair D, Silver DJ, Silver J
J. Neurosci. 25: 8066-8076 (2005).
"Studies on the development and behavior of the dystrophic growth cone, the hallmark of regeneration failure, in an in vitro model of the glial scar and after spinal cord injury"
Tom VJ, Steinmetz MP, Miller JH, Doller CM, Silver J
J. Neurosci. 24: 6531-6539 (2004).
"Astrocyte-associated fibronectin is critical for axonal regeneration in adult white matter"
Tom VJ, Doller CM, Malouf AT, Silver J
J. Neurosci. 24: 9282-9290 (2004).
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