Stem and progenitor cells: The premature desertion of rigorous definitions

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 125-131

  Seaberg, Raewyn M ^a   Van Der Kooy, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROCYTE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ASSAY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL TYPE; CYTOLOGY; FOREBRAIN; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 0037364771     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2236(03)00031-6     Document Type: Review

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