Transplantation of human embryonic stem cell-derived neural precursor cells and enriched environment after cortical stroke in rats: Cell survival and functional recovery

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 562-574

  Hicks, Anna U ^a,b   Lappalainen, Riikka S ^c   Narkilahti, Susanna ^c   Suuronen, Riitta ^c,d   Corbett, Dale ^b   Sivenius, Juhani ^a,e   Hovatta, Outi ^c,f   Jolkkonen, Jukka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e Brain Research and Rehabilitation Center Neuron   (Finland)

^f KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; Cylinder test; Environmental enrichment; Neural stem cells; Rehabilitation; Staircase test

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; NESTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; CAGE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENVIRONMENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; INJECTION; MACROGLIA; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SHAM PROCEDURE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEREOLOGY; STROKE; THERAPY EFFECT;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; PARESIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 59149083670     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06599.x     Document Type: Article

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