Treatment of spinal cord injury with co-grafts of genetically modified schwann cells and fetal spinal cord cell suspension in the rat

Neurotoxicity Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 169-177

  Feng, Shi Qing ^a   Kong, Xiao Hong ^b   Guo, Shi Fu ^a   Wang, Pei ^a   Li, Li ^c   Zhong, Jin Hua ^c   Zhou, Xin Fu ^c  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavior; Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Corticospinal tract; Fetal spinal cord cells; Nerve growth factor; Regeneration; Schwann cell

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCHWANN CELLS; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 15844365542     PISSN: 10298428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03033785     Document Type: Article

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