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A new and simple transection knife for study of neurodegeneration and neuroregeneration in animal model

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Park, J.Y., Kim, S.D., Park, J., Lim, D.J., Lee, H.K., Chung, H.S. (2006). A new and simple transection knife for study of neurodegeneration and neuroregeneration in animal model. In: Chang, J.W., Katayama, Y., Yamamoto, T. (eds) Advances in Functional and Reparative Neurosurgery. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum, vol 99. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-35205-2_28

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