Regenerated host axons form synapses with neurons derived from neural stem cells transplanted into peripheral nerves

Journal of International Medical Research

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1721-1729

  Gu, S H ^a   Xu, W D ^a   Xu, L ^a   Li, X K ^b   Ochiya, T ^c   Wang, Y ^d   Li, J F ^a   Gu, Y D ^a   Xu, J G ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Animal model; Neural stem cell; Peripheral nerve injury; Synapse

Indexed keywords

NESTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; RAT; SYNAPSE;

EID: 78449289059     PISSN: 03000605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147323001003800517     Document Type: Article

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