Implantation of polymer scaffolds seeded with neural stem cells in a canine spinal cord injury model

Cytotherapy

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 841-845

  Kim, Byung Gon ^a   Kang, Young Mi ^a   Phi, Ji Hoon ^b   Kim, Yoon Ha ^b   Hwang, Dong Hoon ^a   Choi, Jun Young ^a   Ryu, Sun ^b   Elastal, Alaa Elden ^b   Paek, Sun Ha ^b   Wang, Kyu Chang ^b   Lee, Seung Hoon ^b   Kim, Seung U ^c,d   Yoon, Byung Woo ^b  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Canine model; Neural stem cells; Neurotrophin 3; Poly(lactic co glycolic acid) scaffold; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD; NEUROTROPHIN 3; POLYGLACTIN; POLYMER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; IMPLANTATION; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 77957322069     PISSN: 14653249     EISSN: 14772566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14653249.2010.501784     Document Type: Article

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