Neural Stem Cell Transplantation Rescues Rectum Function in the Aganglionic Rat

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3646-3652

  Dong, Y L ^a,c   Liu, W ^b   Gao, Y M ^a   Wu, R D ^b   Zhang, Y H ^a   Wang, H F ^b   Wei, B ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Shandong Institute for Family Planning   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECTUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FEMALE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECTUM; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 57549096517     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.06.107     Document Type: Article

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