Cell therapy and stem cells in animal models of motor neuron disorders

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1721-1737

  Hedlund, Eva ^a,c   Hefferan, Michael P ^b   Marsala, Martin ^b   Isacson, Ole ^a  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); Embryonic stem (ES) cells; Microglia; Spinal bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA); Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; CYCLIC AMP; GAG PROTEIN; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; LAMININ; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NUCLEAR MATRIX PROTEIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; KENNEDY DISEASE; MICROGLIA; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE GROWTH; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; STEM CELLS; TISSUE THERAPY;

EID: 34848923327     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05780.x     Document Type: Review

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