Lithium enhances the neuronal differentiation of neural progenitor cells in vitro and after transplantation into the avulsed ventral horn of adult rats through the secretion of brain-derived neurotrophic factor

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1385-1398

  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

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Differentiation; Lithium; Motoneurons; Neural progenitor cells; Spinal root avulsion

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; ANTIBODIES; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; STEM CELLS;

RATTUS;

EID: 61349141269     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.05902.x     Document Type: Article

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