Study Identifies Specific Gene Network That Promotes Nervous System Repair

Friday, February 19, 2016 - 04:30 in Biology & Nature

A UCLA-led collaboration has identified a specific network of genes and a pattern of gene expression mice that promote repair in the peripheral nervous system in a mouse model. This network, the researchers found, does not exist in the central nervous system. The researchers also found a drug that can promote nerve regeneration in the central nervous system.

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