Neurotransplantation in mice: The concorde-like position ensures minimal cell leakage and widespread distribution of cells transplanted into the cisterna magna

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 430, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 169-174

  Janowski, Miroslaw ^a,b   Kuzma Kozakiewicz, Magdalena ^b   Binder, Donat ^c   Habisch, Hans Jörg ^c   Habich, Aleksandra ^a   Lukomska, Barbara ^a   Domanska Janik, Krystyna ^a   Ludolph, Albert C ^c   Storch, Alexander ^d  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^d CENTER FOR REGENERATIVE THERAPIES DRESDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cisterna magna; Concorde like position; Dura preparation; Neurotransplantation; Stem cell therapy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CISTERNA MAGNA; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

ANIMALS; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CISTERNA MAGNA; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MICE;

EID: 37549070389     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.10.050     Document Type: Article

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