Spinal cord regeneration: Moving tentatively towards new perspectives

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 339-351

  Jones, D G ^a   Anderson, E R ^a   Galvin, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Animal model; Bone marrow stromal cell; Chronic injury; Clinical trial; Functional electrical stimulation; Grafting; Olfactory ensheathing cell; Schwann cell; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; SILDENAFIL;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPOSITE GRAFT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EMBRYO CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE SHEATH; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0346970908     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/nre-2003-18408     Document Type: Review

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