Nultipotent neural progenitor or stem-like cells may be uniquely suited for therapy for some neurodegenerative conditions

Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 310-316

  Van Snyder, E Y ^a   Nacklis, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Gene therapy; Hypoxiaischemia; Motor neuron; Neural progenitor and stem cells; Neural transplantation; Neurodegeneration; Photolysis; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN MATURATION; GENE THERAPY; GLIA CELL; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROTROPISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; GENE THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0029548672     PISSN: 10656766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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