Electro-acupuncture improves survival and migration of transplanted neural stem cells in injured spinal cord in rats

Acupuncture and Electro-Therapeutics Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 19-31

  Chen, Ya Yun ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Chen, Yu Lin ^b   Chen, Shui Jun ^a   Dong, Hongxin ^c   Zeng, Yuan Shan ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell migratory orientation; Electro acupuncture; Nerotrophine 3; Neural stem cells; Spinal cord injury; Stem cell transplant

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

EID: 46249094207     PISSN: 03601293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/036012908803861212     Document Type: Article

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