Peripheral nerve regeneration with cotransplantation of umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells and schwann cells in rat sciatic nerve defect

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 485-493

  Lee, Jin Yong ^a   Jung, Hun Jong ^b   Alrashdan, Mohammad S ^a   Li, Bohan ^a   Sung, Mi Ae ^a   Yoo, Sang Bae ^a   Kim, Soung Min ^a   Kim, Myung Jin ^a   Jahng, Jeong Won ^a   Lee, Jong Ho ^a  

^a School of Dentistry   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Axotomy; Human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells; Peripheral nerve re generation; Schwann cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXON COUNT; AXON DENSITY; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAIT; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE SHEATH THICKNESS; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEURON COUNT; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCHWANN CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; UMBILICAL CORD MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 79955402773     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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