Neural stem cells for the treatment of disorders of the enteric nervous system: Strategies and challenges

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 236, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-43

  Micci, Maria Adelaide ^a   Pasricha, Pankaj Jay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Enteric nervous system; Enteric neural precursors; Enteric neuromuscular disorders; Neural stem cells; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

CELL POPULATION; CELL THERAPY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTESTINE; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NERVE CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SURVIVAL; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURAL CREST; NEURONS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 33846199243     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20975     Document Type: Review

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