Treatment of neurological injury with thymosin β4

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1269, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 110-116

  Morris, Daniel C ^a   Zhang, Zheng G ^b   Zhang, Jing ^b   Xiong, Ye ^a   Zhang, Li ^b   Chopp, Michael ^b,c  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiple sclerosis; Rat; Stroke; Thymosin 4; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

THYMOSIN BETA4;

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; CELL DENSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DRUG MECHANISM; IMMUNIZATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PARESIS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867383525     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2012.06651.x     Document Type: Article

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