New Surgical Approach To Overcome The Inability Of Injured Mammalian Axons To Grow Within Their Environment
Abstract
We present a new method for creating conditions conducive to axonal growth in injured optic nerves of adult rabbits. The surgical approach consists of making a cavity in the adult rabbit optic nerve, into which a piece of nitrocellulose soaked with conditioned medium originating from regenerating fish optic nerves is implanted. In addition, daily irradiation (10 days, 5 min, 35 mW) with low energy He-Ne laser is carried out. Such a combined treatment may open a door to neurobiologists and clinicians, hoping to unravel the enigma of mammalian CNS regeneration.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1991
- Source ID
- 10.1155/np.1991.243
Entities
People
- Arieh Solomon
- Michael Belkin
- Michal Schwartz
- Sjana Ben-bassat
- Vered Lavie
Organizations
- Tel Aviv University
- United States Army
- Weizmann Institute of Science