Transplantation of adult rat spinal cord stem/progenitor cells for spinal cord injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 835-845

  Parr, Ann M ^a   Kulbatski, Iris ^a   Tator, Charles H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Neural stem progenitor cells; Spinal cord injury; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEM CELL;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249039544     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2006.3771     Document Type: Article

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