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5th May 2002

Neural Development, spinal injury & spinal cord regeneration


Chris Smith

How does the brain develop in the embryo, how does the nervous system respond to injury, including spinal cord injury, and what are the prospects for spinal cord repair ? Dr. Adrian Pini,developmental neurbiologist from GKT Medical School, London, tells us more.

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