Unilateral induction of progenitors in the spinal cord of hSOD1G93A transgenic rats correlates with an asymmetrical hind limb paralysis

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 401, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 25-29

  de Hemptinne, Isabelle ^a   Boucherie, Cédric ^a   Pochet, Roland ^b   Bantubungi, Kadiombo ^b   Schiffmann, Serge N ^b   Maloteaux, Jean Marie ^a   Hermans, Emmanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; c Kit; hSOD1G93A; Nestin; Stem cell factor

Indexed keywords

CHEMOATTRACTANT; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; NESTIN; STEM CELL FACTOR;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAY MATTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; LUMBAR SPINE; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HINDLIMB; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PARALYSIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RATS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELL FACTOR; STEM CELLS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 33646424143     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.02.060     Document Type: Article

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