This ability is key to keeping big cells like spinal cord neurons — which can be more than a metre long — in a healthy state. (sciencedaily.com)
It might require the production of other spinal cord neurons, or a combination of several, to find the most effective treatment. (seeker.com)
Transplantation of astrocytes generated by exposure of human glial progenitor cells (hGPCs) to BMP (hGDAsBMP) promoted robust behavioral recovery and multi-laminae protection of spinal cord neurons following spinal cord injury (SCI), while transplantation of undifferentiated hGPCs or astrocytes generated by hGPC exposure to CNTF (hGDAsCNTF) failed to provide such benefits. (journals.plos.org)