Transplantation of cryopreserved human embryonal carcinoma-derived neurons (NT2N cells) promotes functional recovery in ischemic rats

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 310-321

  Borlongan, Cesario V ^a   Tajima, Yasuo ^b   Trojanowski, John Q ^b   Lee, Virginia M Y ^b   Sanberg, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; Cryopreservation; Cultured human neurons; Fetal cells; Neural transplantation; Xenograft

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL CLONING; CELL CULTURE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; FETUS CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; XENOGRAFT;

EID: 0032006347     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1997.6730     Document Type: Article

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