Nestin-positive cells in the spinal cord: a potential source of neural stem cells

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 813-820

  Xu, Renshi ^a   Wu, Chengsi ^a   Tao, Yuhui ^a   Yi, Juan ^a   Yang, Yunzhu ^a   Zhang, Xiong ^b   Liu, Rugao ^c  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Mice; Neural precursor cells; Neural stem cells; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; NESTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EPENDYMA; GENES, REPORTER; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; LAC OPERON; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

MAMMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 53049110576     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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