Stem cells in the adult mammalian central nervous system

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 135-141

  Temple, Sally ^a   Alvarez Buylla, Arturo ^b  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR;

BRAIN; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GLIA; MAMMAL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELL;

EID: 0032966752     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(99)80017-8     Document Type: Article

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