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- Received December 29, 1999
- Revision received May 22, 2000
- Accepted June 14, 2000
- First published September 1, 2000.
- Version of record published September 1, 2000.
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- Received December 29, 1999.
- Revision received May 22, 2000.
- Accepted June 14, 2000.
This study was supported by grants of the Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, Switzerland (Grants 31-45549.95/2 and 4038-043918.95/2); the Biotechnology Program of the European Union, Bruxelles, Belgium; the Dr. Eric Slack-Gyr-Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland; the Spinal Cord Consortium of the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation, Springfield, NJ; the International Research Institute for Paraplegia, Zurich, Switzerland; the Binelli-Ehrsam-Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland; the Velux-Foundation, Glarus, Switzerland, and the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs. We thank our colleagues Drs. E. J. Neafsey, P. Streit, M.-C. Hepp-Reymond, and C. E. Bandtlow for their help, Drs. A. McKinney and J. Tönnes for valuable discussions, and M. Thallmair for helping with this manuscript. We also thank R. Schöb for photographic and E. Hochreutener for graphic support, Dr. R. Dürr, H. J. Kasper, and R. Kägi for their technical support, and S. Kaufmann for secretarial work.
Correspondence should be addressed to Werner J. Z'Graggen, Brain Research Institute, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland. E-mail: werner.zgraggen{at}ksa.ch.
Dr. Kartje's present address: Research Service, Hines Veterans Administration Hospital, Hines, IL 60141.
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