Multipotent CNS stem cells are present in the adult mammalian spinal cord and ventricular neuroaxis

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 7599-7609

  Weiss, Samuel ^a,c   Dunne, Christine ^a   Hewson, Jennifer ^a   Wohl, Cheryl ^a   Wheatley, Matt ^a   Peterson, Alan C ^b   Reynolds, Brent A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d NeuroSpheres Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

basic fibroblast growth factor; epidermal growth factor; multipotent; renewal; spinal cord; stem cells; ventricles

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; FEMALE; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELL; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0029860591     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-23-07599.1996     Document Type: Article

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