Grafts of genetically modified Schwann cells to the spinal cord: Survival, axon growth, and myelination

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 187-196

  Tuszynski, Mark H ^a,b,c   Weidner, Norbert ^a   Mccormack, Melissa ^a   Miller, Ian ^a   Powell, Henry ^b   Conner, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Grafting; Myelination; Nerve growth factor; Regeneration; Schwann cells; Spinal cord injury; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CELL SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; MYELINATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SCHWANN CELLS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031919140     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-6897(97)00166-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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