Neural stem cells and their use as therapeutic tool in neurological disorders

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 211-219

  Pluchino, Stefano ^a   Zanotti, Lucia ^a   Deleidi, Michela ^a   Martino, Gianvito ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Axonal damage; Demyelination; Inflammation; Neural stem cell; Neurodegeneration; Neuroprotection; Remyelination; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINEAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMYELINATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STROKE; TISSUE REPAIR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17844394405     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2004.12.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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