Toxin-produced Purkinje cell death: A model for neural stem cell transplantation studies

Brain Research

Volumn 1207, Issue , 2008, Pages 207-213

  Lu, Hai xia ^a,b   Levis, Hannah ^b   Melhem, Nabil ^b   Parker, Terry ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Neonate; Neural stem cell; Penitrem A; Purkinje cell; Rat

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; NEUROTOXIN; PENITREM A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL STRUCTURE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREMOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CELL COUNT; CEREBELLUM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MYCOTOXINS; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; NEUROTOXINS; PURKINJE CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; EPICOCCUM; RATTUS;

EID: 41949090313     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.02.034     Document Type: Article

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