Zebrafish have a remarkable ability to heal their spinal cord after injury. Now, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have uncovered an important mechanism behind this phenomenon—a finding that could have implications for the treatment of spinal cord injury in humans.
Researchers show gap junctions in zebrafish neurons give hope for future treatment of spinal cord injury retrieved 23 May 2024 from https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-05-gap-junctions-zebrafish-neurons-future.html
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