Transplantation of neurospheres after granule cell lesions in rats: Cognitive improvements despite no long-term immunodetection of grafted cells

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 177-191

  Hélène, Jeltsch ^a   Jason, Yee ^a   Elisabeth, Aloy ^a   Patricia, Marques Pereira ^a   Sarah, Schimchowitsch ^a   Luc, Grandbarbe ^b   Sophie, Caillard ^c   Eliane, Mohier ^b   Jean Christophe, Cassel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Colchicine; Dentate gyrus; EGF responsive neural stem cells; Hebb Williams maze; Morris water maze; Radial maze; Reference memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; EMBRYO; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNODETECTION; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MENTAL TASK; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0041592596     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(03)00032-9     Document Type: Article

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