Rat neurosphere cells protect axotomized rat retinal ganglion cells and facilitate their regeneration

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1147-1156

  Hill, Andrew J ^a,b,d   Zwart, Isabel ^a,b   Samaranayake, Asanka Nuwan ^a   Al Allaf, Faisal ^a   Girdlestone, John ^b,c   Mehmet, Huseyin ^a   Navarrete, Roberto ^a   Navarrete, Cristina ^b,c   Jen, Ling Sun ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axonal injury; Models of injury; Neuronal cell death; Stem cells; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

FAST BLUE; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; OPTIC NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; AXOTOMY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE REGENERATION; OPTIC NERVE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 69249134179     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2008.0801     Document Type: Article

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