Human embryonic stem cell-derived oligodendrocyte progenitor cell transplants improve recovery after cervical spinal cord injury

Stem Cells

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 152-163

  Sharp, Jason ^a   Frame, Jennifer ^a   Siegenthaler, Monica ^a   Nistor, Gabriel ^a   Keirstead, Hans S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Forelimb; Human embryonic stem cells; Neuroprotection; Pathogenesis; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INJURY SEVERITY; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; RAT; REMYELINIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SURVIVAL; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE REGENERATION; OLIGODENDROGLIA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 75349113016     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stem.245     Document Type: Article

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