Chapter category: Neurodegenerative Disease
Attempts to Restore Visual Function After Optic Nerve Damage in Adult Mammals
Brain Repair
Edited by: Mathias BährISBN: 0-306-47859-5
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Chapter authors:
Tomomitsu Miyoshi, Takuji Kurimoto and Yutaka Fukuda
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