Striatal stimulation Nurtures endogenous neurogenesis and angiogenesis in chronic-phase ischemic stroke rats

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1049-1064

  Morimoto, Takamasa ^a   Yasuhara, Takao ^a   Kameda, Masahiro ^a   Baba, Tanefumi ^a,b   Kuramoto, Satoshi ^a   Kondo, Akihiko ^a   Takahashi, Kazuya ^a   Tajiri, Naoki ^a   Wang, Feifei ^a   Meng, Jing ^a   Ji, Yuan Wen ^a   Kadota, Tomohito ^a   Maruo, Tomoko ^a,c   Kinugasa, Kazushi ^c   Miyoshi, Yasuyuki ^a   Shingo, Tetsuro ^a   Borlongan, Cesario V ^d   Date, Isao ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c National Agency for Automotive Safety and Victims' Aid Okayama Ryogo Center   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Chemoattractant; Electrical stimulation; Inflammation; Neural stem progenitor cells; Neurogenesis

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PLACENTAL GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRIATAL STIMULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRODES; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEUROGENESIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STROKE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

RATTUS;

EID: 80053149658     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/096368910X544915     Document Type: Article

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