Chondroitinase treatment

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Chondroitinase treatment is a treatment of proteoglycans, a protein in the fluid among cells where (among other things) they affect neural activity (communication, plasticity).[1] Chondroitinase treatment has been shown to allow adults vision to be restored as far as ocular dominance is concerned.[2] Moreover there is some evidence that Chondroitinase could be used for the treatment of spinal injuries. [3]

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  1. ^ Cambridge Centre for Brain Repair, School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge Centre for Brain Repair. Plasticity and the extracellular matrix.
  2. ^ Takao K. Hensch, Critical Period Mechanisms in Developing Visual Cortex. Current Topics in Developmental Biology, Volume 69, 2005, Pages 215-237. DOI:oi:10.1016/S0070-2153(05)69008-4.
  3. ^ “Spinal injury regeneration hope.”, BBC NEWS, online, Sunday, 17 February, 00:01 GMT, <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7240898.stm> 
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