Transplantation of cryopreserved adult human Schwann cells enhances axonal conduction in demyelinated spinal cord

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 944-950

  Kohama, I ^a   Lankford, K L ^a   Preiningerova, J ^a   White, F A ^a   Vollmer, T L ^a   Kocsis, J D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell transplantation; Demyelination; Human Schwann cells; Multiple sclerosis; Restoration of conduction; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEMYELINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMYELINIZATION; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL CORD; SURAL NERVE; VASCULAR DISEASE; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0035109748     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.21-03-00944.2001     Document Type: Article

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