《Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice》 ›› 2017, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (6): 657-661.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-9771.2017.06.008

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Application of Neural Tract Tracing Techniques in Study of Spinal Cord Injury and Regeneration (review)

LI Wan-yue1, DING Yu-meng1, WANG Xi2   

  1. 1. First Pragade of Undergraduates, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China;
    2. Department of Neurobiology and Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, School of Basic Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China
  • Received:2016-10-18 Revised:2016-11-08 Published:2017-06-25 Online:2017-06-27
  • Contact: Correspondence to WANG Xi. E-mail: wangzh@fmmu.edu.cn

Abstract: Spinal cord injury is one of the important field of neuroscience, and neural tract tracing techniques are important research tools. The neural fiber types in the spinal cord are complex, and there are some difference in structures between human beings and animals. This article reviewed different types of neural fibers closely related with spinal cord injury and regeneration, the difference between human beings and animals, and the application of neural tract tracing techniques in the study of spinal cord injury and regeneration.

Key words: spinal cord injury, neural tract tracing technique, retrograde tracing, anterograde tracing, transganglionic tracing, review

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