Neuroplasticity and cellular therapy in cerebral infarction

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 167-180

  Rodríguez González, Raquel ^a   Hurtado, Olivia ^a   Sobrino, Tomás ^a   Castillo, José ^a  

^a Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cellular therapy; Neuroplasticity; Progenitor cells; Stroke therapy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ANGIOGENESIS; BRAIN; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL THERAPY; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONVALESCENCE; DENDRITIC SPINE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SPROUTING; STROKE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; THERAPY EFFECT;

EID: 35648959693     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000107393     Document Type: Article

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