The role of embryonic motoneuron transplants to restore the lost motor function of the injured spinal cord

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 362-370

  Nógrádi, Antal ^a   Pajer, Krisztián ^a   Márton, Gábor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Denervation; Motoneuron; Reinnervation; Spinal cord; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBRYONIC MOTONEURON TRANSPLANTATION; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE DENERVATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; REINNERVATION; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STEM CELLS;

EID: 79960201921     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: 16180402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2011.04.001     Document Type: Review

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