Biology of the adult enteric neural stem cell

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 236, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-32

  Estrada Mondaca, Sandino ^a   Carreón Rodríguez, Alfonso ^b   Belkind Gerson, Jaime ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE REHABILITACIÓN   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Adult stem cells; Enteric nervous system; Neural crest; Neurospheres; Primary cultures

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENTERIC NEURAL STEM CELL; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENE FUNCTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINE; INTESTINE INNERVATION; IRRITABLE COLON; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURAL CREST; NEUROGLIA;

EID: 33846208391     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20954     Document Type: Review

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