Role of the lesion scar in the response to damage and repair of the central nervous system

Traumatic damage to the central nervous system (CNS) destroys the blood–brain barrier (BBB) and provokes the invasion of hematogenous cells into the neural tissue. Invading leukocytes, macrophages and lymphocytes secrete various cytokines that induce an inflammatory reaction in the injured CNS and r...

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Main Authors: Kawano, Hitoshi, Kimura-Kuroda, Junko, Komuta, Yukari, Yoshioka, Nozomu, Li, Hong Peng, Kawamura, Koki, Li, Ying, Raisman, Geoffrey
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Springer-Verlag 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3375417/