Intracerebral transplantation for neurological disorders. Lessons from developmental, experimental, and clinical studies

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JANUARY, 2012, Pages

  Benchoua, Alexandra ^a   Onteniente, Brigitte ^a,b  

^a I Stem   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D EVRY VAL D ESSONNE   (France)

Author keywords

Brain plasticity; Embryonic stem cells; Induced pluripotent stem cells; Neurogenesis; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENGRAFTMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PARKINSON DISEASE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84857016901     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2012.00002     Document Type: Review

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