The culture of neural stem cells

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-6

  Ahmed, Sohail ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

CNS injury and disease; Neural progenitors; Neural stem cells; Neurospheres

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELL TYPE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEURONAL CEROID LIPOFUSCINOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 58649097520     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: 10974644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.21972     Document Type: Review

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