Grafting of GABAergic precursors rescues deficits in hippocampal inhibition

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages 66-70

  Calcagnotto, Maria E ^a   Zipancic, Ivan ^a,b   Piquer Gil, Marina ^a   Mello, Luiz E ^c   Álvarez Dolado, Manuel ^a  

^a CABIMER Andalusian Center for Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine CSIC University of Seville UPO   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cell therapy; Interneuron; MGE; Saporin; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CELL PROTEIN; NEUROKININ; NEUROKININ 1; NUCLEAR FACTOR Y; PROTEIN CR; PROTEIN PV; PROTEIN SOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONFERENCE PAPER; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURON; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURONS; MICE; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA; SYNAPSES; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 77954474460     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2010.02613.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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