In addition, intrathecal administration of NEP1–40 to rats with spinal cord sections resulted in significant axon growth of the corticospinal tract, and improved functional recovery. "The high potency ...

Their investigations revealed that neonatal spinal cord ECM significantly enhanced the proliferation, migration, and neuronal differentiation of NPCs, as well as promoted axon growth and ...

For example, some motor neurons in the spinal cord have axons that exceed ... thereby insulating the axon. This myelination, as it is called, can greatly increase the speed of signals transmitted ...