GABAergic neuronal precursor grafting: Implications in brain regeneration and plasticity

Neural Plasticity

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Alvarez Dolado, Manuel ^a   Broccoli, Vania ^b  

^a CABIMER Andalusian Center for Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine CSIC University of Seville UPO   (Spain)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CALRETININ; CASPASE INHIBITOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GLUTAMIC ACID; LEVODOPA; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN; PARVALBUMIN; SOMATOSTATIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ASTROCYTE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN TISSUE; CALCIUM BINDING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSKINESIA; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYSTEM; EYE DOMINANCE; FETAL STEM CELL; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE THERAPY; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; MORTALITY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SHAM PROCEDURE; SOMATOSTATIN CELL; STROKE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; BRAIN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

BRAIN; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; REGENERATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 80052681323     PISSN: 20905904     EISSN: 16875443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/384216     Document Type: Review

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