Induction of functional recovery by co-transplantation of neural stem cells and schwann cells in a rat spinal cord contusion injury model

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 242-249

  Li, Jin ^a   Sun, Chong Ran ^a   Zhang, Han ^a   Tsang, Kam Sze ^b   Li, Jun Hua ^a   Zhang, Shao Dong ^a   An, Yi Hua ^a,c  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cell differentiation; Neural stem cells; Schwann cells; Spinal cord injury; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CONVALESCENCE; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCHWANN CELLS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 34547888300     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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