Targeting ependymal stem cells in vivo as a non-invasive therapy for spinal cord injury

DMM Disease Models and Mechanisms

Volumn 3, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 667-668

  Barreiro Iglesias, Antón ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL TYPE; EPENDYMA CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPENDYMA; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PRIMATES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 78649280187     PISSN: 17548403     EISSN: 17548411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dmm.006643     Document Type: Note

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