Neurorestorative therapies for stroke: underlying mechanisms and translation to the clinic

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 491-500

  Zhang, Zheng Gang ^a   Chopp, Michael ^a,b  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; SILDENAFIL;

ANGIOGENESIS; ASTROCYTE; AUTOLOGOUS HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN TISSUE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; MESENCHYME CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; AXONS; BRAIN; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OLIGODENDROGLIA; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE;

EID: 64349107251     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(09)70061-4     Document Type: Review

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