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Physical Rehabilitation of Paralysed Facial Muscles: Functional and Morphological Correlates pp 11–92Cite as

Attempts to Improve Axonal Pathfinding and Quality of Target Reinnervation

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Part of the book series: Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology ((ADVSANAT,volume 210))

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In the first major set, we report our attempts to improve axonal pathfinding by reduction of collateral axonal branching at the lesion site by means of (1) local trophic factor neutralization or (2) application of established pharmacological agents to perturb microtubule assembly.

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Angelov, D.N. (2011). Attempts to Improve Axonal Pathfinding and Quality of Target Reinnervation. In: Physical Rehabilitation of Paralysed Facial Muscles: Functional and Morphological Correlates. Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology, vol 210. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18120-7_2

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