Neural progenitor cells enhance the survival and axonal regeneration of injured motoneurons after transplantation into the avulsed ventral horn of adult rats

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-80

  Su, Huanxing ^a   Zhang, Wenming ^a   Guo, Jiasong ^a   Guo, Anchen ^a   Yuan, Qiuju ^a   Wu, Wutian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Neural progenitor cells; Regeneration; Spinal motoneurons; Spinal root avulsion; Survival

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FLUOROGOLD; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AVULSION INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE GRAFT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RADICULOPATHY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, TRANSGENIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 59849127305     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2008.0656     Document Type: Article

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