Thymosin β4: A candidate for treatment of stroke?

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1194, Issue , 2010, Pages 112-117

  Morris, Daniel C ^a   Chopp, Michael ^b,c   Zhang, Li ^b   Zhang, Zheng G ^b  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurogenesis; Neurorestorative; Stroke; Thymosin 4

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; THYMOSIN BETA4; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; THYMOSIN; THYMOSIN BETA(4);

CELL THERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPROTECTION; NEURORESTORATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STROKE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; NERVE CELL; OLIGODENDROGLIA;

MURINAE;

ADULT; BRAIN; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ERYTHROPOIETIN, RECOMBINANT; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; OLIGODENDROGLIA; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; THYMOSIN;

EID: 77951776928     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05469.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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