Olfactory ensheathing glia transplantation: A therapy to promote repair in the mammalian central nervous system

Anatomical Record - Part B New Anatomist

Volumn 271, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-85

  Santos Benito, Fernando F ^b   Ramón Cueto, Almudena ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cell therapy; Nervous system repair; Neurodegeneration; Neuroscience; OEC; OEG; Olfactory glia; Regeneration; Remyelination; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

CELL COMMUNICATION AND CELL CONTACT; CELL CONTACT; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY ENSHEATHING CELL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMYELINIZATION; REVIEW; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042365289     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.b.10015     Document Type: Review

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