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Spinal cord white matter structure

Known as: White Matter of the Spinal Cord, Substantia alba medullae spinalis, White substance of spinal cord 
The superficial nerve tissue of the spinal cord. It is composed of nerve cell processes, i.e. extensions (axons), which connect various grey matter… Expand
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Cuneate fasciculus of spinal cordDirect Cerebellar TractNervous system structureSpinal Cord
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
In vivo infusions of exogenous growth factors into the fourth ventricle of the adult mouse brain increase the proliferation of neural progenitors around the fourth ventricle and the central canal of…
Stem cells isolated from the fourth ventricle and spinal cord form neurospheres in vitro in response to basic fibroblast growth… Expand
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Comparison of spinal cord gray matter and white matter softness: measurement by pipette aspiration method.
OBJECT Although the gray matter of the spinal cord has been thought to be softer than the white matter, there is no evidence to… Expand
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Schwann Cells Transplanted into Normal and X-Irradiated Adult White Matter Do Not Migrate Extensively and Show Poor Long-Term Survival
Although Schwann cells are able to enter the central nervous system (CNS) when the integrity of the glia limitans is disrupted… Expand
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Schwann cell‐like myelination following transplantation of an olfactory bulb‐ensheathing cell line into areas of demyelination in the adult CNS
In this study we have transplanted a clonal olfactory bulb‐ensheathing cell line into focal areas of the rat spinal cord which… Expand
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Mice lacking glial fibrillary acidic protein display astrocytes devoid of intermediate filaments but develop and reproduce normally.
Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) is the main component of the intermediate filaments in cells of astroglial lineage… Expand
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Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Transplanted type-1 astrocytes facilitate repair of demyelinating lesions by host oligodendrocytes in adult rat spinal cord
SummaryThe ethidium bromide model of demyelination/remyelination provides a system for studying the interactions between… Expand
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Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Diffusion-weighted MR imaging of anisotropic water diffusion in cat central nervous system.
The diffusion behavior of intracranial water in the cat brain and spine was examined with the use of diffusion-weighted magnetic… Expand
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Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Endothelin 1, an endothelium-derived peptide, is expressed in neurons of the human spinal cord and dorsal root ganglia.
The localization of endothelin 1 mRNA and endothelin-like immunoreactivity was investigated in samples of neurologically normal… Expand
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Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Differential distribution of cell adhesion molecules during histogenesis of the chick nervous system
We have compared the expression of the neural cell adhesion molecule (N- CAM) and the neuron-glial cell adhesion molecule (Ng-CAM… Expand
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Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
The effect of injections of lysophosphatidyl choline into white matter of the adult mouse spinal cord.
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  • Journal of cell science
  • 1972
    • Corpus ID: 14039070
The action of lysophosphatidyl choline, LPC, on myelinated fibres in the dorsal white matter of the spinal cord of the adult… Expand
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