Maturation of spinal motor neurons derived from human embryonic stem cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Takazawa, Tomonori ^a,b   Croft, Gist F ^a,b   Amoroso, Mackenzie W ^a,b   Studer, Lorenz ^c   Wichterle, Hynek ^a,b   MacDermott, Amy B ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Project ALS/Jenifer Estess Laboratory for Stem Cell Research   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HB9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTION POTENTIAL FIRING FREQUENCY; ARTICLE; CELL BODY AREA; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INPUT RESISTANCE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NUMBER OF BRANCHES; PATCH CLAMP; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REBOUND ACTION POTENTIAL FIRING; SPIKE FREQUENCY ADAPTATION; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; WHOLE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 84863617159     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040154     Document Type: Article

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