Stem Cell Transplantation for Spinal Cord Neurodegeneration

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 793, Issue , 2011, Pages 479-493

  Lepore, Angelo C ^a   Maragakis, Nicholas J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Cell transplantation; Degeneration; Engraftment; Graft; Motor neuron; Precursors; Spinal cord; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MUS; RATTUS;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NEURAL STEM CELL; RAT; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; NEURAL STEM CELLS; RATS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 80054773170     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-328-8_31     Document Type: Chapter

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