title: Spinal cord injuries: making the re-connection.
abstract: Why is it that the skin and other tissues and organs can repair themselves, yet the spinal cord and brain cannot? Even more intriguingly, how is it that peripheral nerve damage may be repairable, yet central nervous system damage is not? Molecular answers to these questions could lead to therapies that would heal a damaged spinal cord.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne, Australia. N.Sauunders@unimelb.edu.au
authors.forename: Norman R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Saunders
authors.forename: Elizabeth J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Fry
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lane
authors.forename: Katarzyna M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Dziegielewska
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000502:physiology*; D023421:Models, Animal; D009416:Nerve Regeneration / Q000502:physiology; D009417:Nerve Tissue / Q000254:growth & development; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000502:physiology; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000628:therapy*; D019737:Transplants