Dissemination and proliferation of neural stem cells on the spinal cord by injection into the fourth ventricle of the rat: A method for cell transplantation

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 181-187

  Bai, Hongliang ^a   Suzuki, Yoshihisa ^a   Noda, Toru ^a   Wu, Sufan ^a   Kataoka, Kazuya ^a   Kitada, Masaaki ^a   Ohta, Masayoshi ^a   Chou, Hirotomi ^a   Ide, Chizuka ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Fourth ventricle; Green fluorescent protein (GFP); Neural stem cell; Neurosphere; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PIA MATER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE; STEM CELL;

EID: 0037446802     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(03)00007-4     Document Type: Article

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