Microtransplantation of dopaminergic cell suspensions: Further characterization and optimization of grafting parameters

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-133

  Nikkhah, Guido ^a   Rosenthal, Christoph ^a   Falkenstein, Gero ^a   Roedter, Alexandra ^a   Papazoglou, Anna ^a   Brandis, Almuth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

6 Hydroxydopamine lesion; DA neuron survival; Nigrostriatal system; Transplantation protocol

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL SUSPENSION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DENERVATION; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; DOPAMINE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FEMALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEURONS; OXIDOPAMINE; PARKINSON DISEASE, SECONDARY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 65849389930     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/096368909788341324     Document Type: Article

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