CNS-derived neural progenitor cells for gene transfer of nerve growth factor to the adult rat brain: Complete rescue of axotomized cholinergic neurons after transplantation into the septum

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 5668-5680

  Martínez Serrano, Alberto ^a   Lundberg, Cecilia ^a   Horellou, Philippe ^b   Fischer, Walter ^a   Bentlage, Claas ^a   Campbell, Kenneth ^a,d   McKay, Ronald D G ^c   Mallet, Jacques ^b   Björklund, Anders ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cholinergic system; gene therapy; grafting; immortalization; neurotrophin; retroviral vectors; septum; stem cell; striatum

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; NEUROTROPHIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; STEM CELL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0029123286     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.15-08-05668.1995     Document Type: Article

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