Transplanted adult neural progenitor cells survive, differentiate and reduce motor function impairment in a rodent model of Huntington's disease

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 384-396

  Vazey, Elena M ^a   Chen, Kevin ^a   Hughes, Stephanie M ^a   Connor, Bronwen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adult brain; Adult neural progenitor cells; Huntington's disease; Quinolinic acid lesion model; Subventricular zone; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN DARPP 32;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LABELING; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APOMORPHINE; BRAIN TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEOSTRIATUM; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; QUINOLINIC ACID; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 33745235762     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2006.01.034     Document Type: Article

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