Bone marrow stromal cells for the treatment of spinal cord injury in rats

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-57

  Tehranipour, M ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Neuronal degeneration; Numerical density; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL REGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE SECTION; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 77249155234     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2010.53.57     Document Type: Article

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