Neural precursor cells: Applications for the study and repair of the central nervous system

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-22

  Fisher, Lisa J ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; EMBRYO; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

EID: 0030664107     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nbdi.1997.0137     Document Type: Review

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