The search for neural progenitor cells: Prospects for the therapy of neurodegenerative disease

Molecular Medicine Today

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 474-480

  Shihabuddin, Lamya S ^a   Palmer, Theo D ^a   Gage, Fred H ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; CELLS, CULTURED; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; GENE THERAPY; HUMANS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEURONS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RATS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 0033232043     PISSN: 13574310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-4310(99)01596-8     Document Type: Review

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