Functional recovery after severe CNS trauma: Current perspectives for cell therapy with bone marrow stromal cells

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 341-349

  Vaquero, Jesús ^a   Zurita, Mercedes ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bone marrow stromal cells; Cell transplantation; Stem cells; Traumatic brain injury; Traumatic spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL THERAPY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; NERVE REGENERATION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STROMAL CELLS; TISSUE THERAPY; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 79251578006     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2010.12.002     Document Type: Review

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