Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Neural Precursor Grafts for Treatment of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 263-277

  Maisano, Xu ^a   Carpentino, Joseph ^b   Becker, Sandy ^c   Lanza, Robert ^c   Aaron, Gloster ^a   Grabel, Laura ^a   Naegele, Janice R ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Advanced Cell Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

cell therapy; ES; GABA; GFP; hilus; hippocampus; interneuron; Seizures; sonic hedgehog; Sox1

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL MIGRATION; DENTATE GYRUS; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL DERIVED NEURAL PRECURSOR CELL; GRANULE NEURON; HEAD INJURY; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; LEARNING DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HUMANS; NEURONS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 62949147663     PISSN: 19337213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nurt.2009.01.011     Document Type: Article

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