Optimal time point for neuronal generation of transplanted neural progenitor cells in injured Spinal cord following root avulsion

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-176

  Su, Huanxing ^a   Wu, Yin ^b   Yuan, Qiuju ^a   Guo, Jiasong ^c   Zhang, Wenming ^a,d   Wu, Wutian ^a,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Motoneurons; Neural progenitor cells; Neuronal differentiation; Spinal root avulsion; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS AVULSION; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; SPINAL ROOT; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEURONS; RADICULOPATHY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TIME FACTORS;

RATTUS;

EID: 79955395422     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/096368910X522090     Document Type: Article

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