Taurine stimulates proliferation and promotes neurogenesis of mouse adult cultured neural stem/progenitor cells

Stem Cell Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 24-34

  Hernández Benítez, Reyna ^a   Ramos Mandujano, Gerardo ^a   Pasantes Morales, Herminia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

BrdU; EGF; FBS; FGF2; MTT; NPCs; SVZ; TauT; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALANINE; BROXURIDINE; GLYCINE; TAURINE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL ASSAY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROSPHERE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STEM CELL; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MICE; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEUROGENESIS; TAURINE;

EID: 84859364028     PISSN: 18735061     EISSN: 18767753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scr.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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