The properties of hNT cells following transplantation into the subventricular zone of the neonatal forebrain

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-38

  Zigova, Tanja ^a,b   Pencea, Viorica ^a   Sanberg, Paul R ^b   Luskin, Marla B ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

hNT neurons; Migration; Olfactory bulb; Subventricular zone; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TERATOCARCINOMA;

EID: 0034106551     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.2000.7344     Document Type: Article

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