Electroacupuncture-enhanced differentiation of bone marrow stromal cells into neuronal cells

Journal of Sport Rehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 398-406

  Sun, Zhongren ^a   Li, Xiaoning ^a   Su, Zhiqiang ^b   Zhao, Ying ^c   Zhang, Li ^d   Wu, Mingyuan ^e  

^a HEILONGJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HARBIN UNIVERSITY OF COMMERCE   (China)

^d The 6th Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University Health Science Center   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Spinal injury; Stem cell; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249211041     PISSN: 10566716     EISSN: 15433072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsr.18.3.398     Document Type: Article

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