Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell transplantation does not improve quality of muscle reinnervation or recovery of motor function after facial nerve transection in rats

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 389, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 873-888

  Grosheva, Maria ^a   Guntinas Lichius, Orlando ^b   Arnhold, Stephan ^c   Skouras, Emmanouil ^a   Kuerten, Stefanie ^a   Streppel, Michael ^a   Angelova, Srebrina K ^a   Wewetzer, Konstantin ^d   Radtke, Christine ^d   Dunlop, Sarah A ^e   Angelov, Doychin N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Axotomy; Bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells; Collateral branching; Motoneuron; Motor endplates; Polyinnervation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATIC CELL THERAPY; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BONE MARROW CELLS; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR ENDPLATE; MUSCLES; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; VIBRISSAE;

RATTUS;

EID: 49149126185     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2008.100     Document Type: Article

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