Impact of peripheral immune status on central molecular responses to facial nerve axotomy
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DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2017.10.005
Abstract: When facial nerve axotomy (FNA) is performed on immunodeficient recombinase activating gene-2 knockout (RAG-2-/-) mice, there is greater facial motoneuron (FMN) death relative to wild type (WT) mice. Reconstituting RAG-2-/- mice with whole splenocytes rescues… read more here.
Keywords: motoneuron; death; whole splenocytes; mice ... See more keywords