A clonogenic survival assay of neural stem cells in rat spinal cord after exposure to ionizing radiation

Radiation Research

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-71

  Lu, Fred ^a   Wong, C Shun ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL SUSPENSION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLONOGENIC ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZING RADIATION; LINEAR SYSTEM; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; STEM CELL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; COLONY-FORMING UNITS ASSAY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; NEURONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION, IONIZING; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELLS;

EID: 11144337399     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR3285     Document Type: Article

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