Spatial domains of progenitor-like cells and functional complexity of a stem cell niche in the neonatal rat spinal cord

Stem Cells

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2020-2031

  Marichal, Nicolás ^a   García, Gabriela ^a   Radmilovich, Milka ^a,b   Trujillo Cenóz, Omar ^a   Russo, Raúl E ^a  

^a Inst de Investigaciones Pesqueras   (Uruguay)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Ependyma; Nestin; Patch clamp; Progenitor cells; Spinal cord; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; CONNEXIN 43; NESTIN; PROTEIN S100B; VIMENTIN; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; DORSAL ROOT; EPENDYMA; EPENDYMA CELL; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MITOSIS; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELL NICHE; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPENDYMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84865338681     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stem.1175     Document Type: Article

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