Can experiments in nonhuman primates expedite the translation of treatments for spinal cord injury in humans?

Nat Med. 2007 May;13(5):561-6. doi: 10.1038/nm1595.

Authors

Grégoire Courtine¹, Mary Bartlett Bunge, James W Fawcett, Robert G Grossman, Jon H Kaas, Roger Lemon, Irin Maier, John Martin, Randolph J Nudo, Almudena Ramon-Cueto, Eric M Rouiller, Lisa Schnell, Thierry Wannier, Martin E Schwab, V Reggie Edgerton

Affiliation

¹ Department of Physiological Science and Neurobiology, and Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.

PMID: 17479102
PMCID: PMC3245971
DOI: 10.1038/nm1595

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Disease Models, Animal
Humans
Locomotion / physiology
Motor Activity / physiology
Primates*
Reproducibility of Results
Rodentia
Safety
Species Specificity
Spinal Cord / anatomy & histology
Spinal Cord / physiology
Spinal Cord Injuries / therapy*

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