Neurons derived from transplanted neural stem cells restore disrupted neuronal circuitry in a mouse model of spinal cord injury

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 120, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3255-3266

  Abematsu, Masahiko ^a,b   Tsujimura, Keita ^a   Yamano, Mariko ^c   Saito, Michiko ^a   Kohno, Kenji ^a   Kohyama, Jun ^a   Namihira, Masakazu ^a   Komiya, Setsuro ^b   Nakashima, Kinichi ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE DEACETYLASE; VALPROIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; HINDLIMB; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITORS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELLS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 77956369450     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI42957     Document Type: Article

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