Neural stem cells: An overview

Circulation Research

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 598-608

  Galli, Rossella ^a   Gritti, Angela ^a   Bonfanti, Luca ^b   Vescovi, Angelo Luigi ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Neurogenesis; Stem cells; Transdifferentiation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; BRAIN CELL; CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FOREBRAIN; MACROGLIA; MAMMAL; MYOBLAST; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; PROSENCEPHALON; STEM CELLS;

EID: 0037418920     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.0000065580.02404.F4     Document Type: Review

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