The path from skin to brain: Generation of functional neurons from fibroblasts

Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 586-595

  Abdullah, Aisha Iman ^a,b   Pollock, Andrew ^a,b   Sun, Tao ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell fate reprogramming; Embryonic stem cells (ESCs); Fibroblasts; Induced neural stem cells (iNSCs); Induced neurons (iNs); Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs); Neurogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; REVIEW; SKIN;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; SKIN;

EID: 84867471374     PISSN: 08937648     EISSN: 15591182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12035-012-8277-6     Document Type: Article

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