The spinal cord ependymal region: A stem cell niche in the caudal central nervous system

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1044-1059

  Hugnot, Jean Philippe ^a,b   Franzen, Rachelle ^c  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ELOI   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Central canal; Ependyma; Ependymal region; Multiple sclerosis; Neural stem cells; Review; Spinal cord; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CYTOLOGY; EPENDYMA; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REGENERATION; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STEM CELL; STEM CELL NICHE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; EPENDYMA; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEURONS; REGENERATION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELLS;

EID: 79955021464     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/3734     Document Type: Article

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