Transplant of GABAergic precursors restores hippocampal inhibitory function in a mouse model of seizure susceptibility

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 549-564

  Zipancic, I ^a,b   Calcagnotto, M E ^a   Piquer Gil, M ^a   Mello, L 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; Epilepsy; GABA; Interneuron; Medial ganglionic eminence (MGE); Saporin

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PENTETRAZOLE; SAPORIN; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; MALE; MEDIAL GANGLIONIC EMINENCE DERIVED CELL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURONS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURAL STEM CELLS; SEIZURES; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 77954921964     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/096368910X491383     Document Type: Article

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