Human neural precursor cells continue to proliferate and exhibit low cell death after transplantation to the injured rat spinal cord

Brain Research

Volumn 1278, Issue , 2009, Pages 15-26

  Emgård, Mia ^a,b   Holmberg, Lena ^a   Samuelsson, Eva Britt ^a   Bahr, Ben A ^c   Falci, Scott ^d   Seiger, Åke ^a,b   Sundström, Erik ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Stockholms Sjukhem Foundation   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d CRAIG HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Calpain; Caspase 3; Neurosphere; PCNA; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN 1; CASPASE 3; CELL ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, NUDE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS;

RATTUS;

EID: 67349135648     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.04.012     Document Type: Article

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