Transplanted neural progenitor cells survive and differentiate but achieve limited functional recovery in the lesioned adult rat spinal cord

Regenerative Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 929-945

  Webber, Daniel J ^a,b   Bradbury, Elizabeth J ^b   McMahon, Stephen B ^b   Minger, Stephen L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional recovery; Neural stem cells; Regeneration; Spinal cord injury; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; FETUS; GLIA CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TISSUE REPAIR;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 38049175035     PISSN: 17460751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/17460751.2.6.929     Document Type: Article

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