Small molecule inhibitor of type I transforming growth factor-β receptor kinase ameliorates the inhibitory milieu in injured brain and promotes regeneration of nigrostriatal dopaminergic axons

Suppression of fibrotic scar formation promotes axonal regeneration without disturbing blood-brain barrier repair and withdrawal of leukocytes after traumatic brain injury

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Fibrinogen Triggers Astrocyte Scar Formation by Promoting the Availability of Active TGF-  after Vascular Damage

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Rosiglitazone Abrogates Bleomycin-Induced Scleroderma and Blocks Profibrotic Responses Through Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-γ

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Expression of Transforming Growth Factor-β Receptors in Meningeal Fibroblasts of the Injured Mouse Brain

(2009) Yukari Komuta et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY

Enhanced regenerative axon growth of multiple fibre populations in traumatic spinal cord injury following scar-suppressing treatment

(2009) Nora Schiwy et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

An in vitro model of the inhibition of axon growth in the lesion scar formed after central nervous system injury

(2009) Junko Kimura-Kuroda et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE

Inhibition of TGF-β1 promotes functional recovery after spinal cord injury

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Regeneration of nigrostriatal dopaminergic axons after transplantation of olfactory ensheathing cells and fibroblasts prevents fibrotic scar formation at the lesion site

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Metallothionein I,II deficient mice do not exhibit significantly worse long-term behavioral outcomes following neonatal hypoxia–ischemia: MT-I,II deficient mice have inherent behavioral impairments

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