New therapy spurs nerve fibers to regrow through scar tissue, transmit signals after spinal cord injury in rodents

UCLA study could lead to new treatments for patients
At top, spinal cord tissue in an untreated rat shows the damaged axons stopping at the border of the injury. Bottom image shows that the axons in a treated rat regrew across the spinal cord injury, creating new connections in tissue on the other side.

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