A cell-survival factor (N-acetyl-L-cysteine) alters the in vivo fate of constitutively proliferating subependymal cells in the adult forebrain

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 338-346

  Morshead, Cindi M ^a   Van Der Kooy, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell fate; N acetyl L cysteine; Proliferation; Subependyma; Survival

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; BROXURIDINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; STEM CELL;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; EPENDYMA; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; MALE; MICE; NEURONS; RETROVIRIDAE;

EID: 0034651856     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(20000215)42:3<338::AID-NEU5>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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