Neural stem cells: From cell biology to cell replacement

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 139-152

  Armstrong, Richard J E ^a   Svendsen, Clive N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EGF; FGF 2; Neural Transplantation; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CYTOKINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MITOGENIC AGENT; NEUROTRANSMITTER; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0034108408     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096368970000900202     Document Type: Article

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