Functional recovery following traumatic spinal cord injury mediated by a unique polymer scaffold seeded with neural stem cells and Schwann cells

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 2424-2431

  Chen, Gang ^a   Hu, Yan Rong ^a   Wan, Hong ^b   Xia, Lei ^b   Li, Jun Hua ^b   Yang, Fei ^c   Qu, Xue ^c   Wang, Shen Guo ^c   Wang, Zhong Cheng ^b  

^a Xinjiang Autonomous Region People Hospital   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Neural stem cell; Poly lactide co glycolide acid; Schwann cells; Spinal cord injuries; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

POLYGLACTIN; POLYMER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; OPEN FIELD TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD REGENERATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; THERAPY EFFECT;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; LACTIC ACID; NEURAL STEM CELLS; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCHWANN CELLS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 79951471028     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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