Dynamic changes in connexin expression following engraftment of neural stem cells to striatal tissue

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 317, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-81

  Jäderstad, Johan ^a   Jäderstad, Linda Maria ^a   Herlenius, Eric ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CNS; Engraftment; Gap junctions; Interactions; Neural stem cells; Organotypic culture; Rescue; Striatum

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 43; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MITOMYCIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; ENGRAFTMENT; EX VIVO STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GAP JUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HOST CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT;

MURINAE;

EID: 78449287253     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: 10902422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2010.07.011     Document Type: Article

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