Cerebellar granule cells transplanted in vivo can follow physiological and unusual migratory routes to integrate into the recipient cortex

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 139-149

  Williams, Ian Martin ^a   Carletti, Barbara ^a   Leto, Ketty ^a   Magrassi, Lorenzo ^b   Rossi, Ferdinando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell replacement; Differentiation; Granule cell; Methylazoxymethanol acetate; Neural progenitors; Neural transplantation; Neuronal migration; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MATURATION; CELL LINE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRANULE CELL; HISTOLOGY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WHITE MATTER;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; METHYLAZOXYMETHANOL ACETATE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 40749097309     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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