Confocal microscopic analysis reveals sprouting of primary afferent fibres in rat dorsal horn after spinal cord injury
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This research was supported by operating grants from the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation and the Ontario Heart and Stroke Foundation. S.T.W. held a postdoctoral fellowship from the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation, and L.C.W. is recipient of a Career Investigator award from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario.
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