“…Despite their poor regenerative potential (Rossi et al, 1995b;Dusart et al, 1997;Carulli et al, 2004), Purkinje axons are capable of extensive sprouting at long-term after injury (Dusart and Sotelo, 1994;Dusart et al, 1999;Gianola and Rossi, 2002), when the scar environment acquires growth-promoting/permissive properties, including disappearance of CSPGs (Dusart et al, 1999(Dusart et al, , 2005Morel et al, 2002). In addition, similar to other systems (Thallmair et al, 1998;Bareyre et al, 2002), sprouting from intact Purkinje axons, with aberrant growth into the deep granular layer, can be induced by application of anti-Nogo antibodies in both adult (Buffo et al, 2000) and developing (Gianola et al, 2003) cerebella.…”