Host induction by transplanted neural stem cells in the spinal cord: Further evidence for an adult spinal cord neurogenic niche

Regenerative Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 785-797

  Xu, Leyan ^a   Mahairaki, Vasiliki ^a   Koliatsos, Vassilis E ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; ependyma; neural stem cell; neurogenesis; niche; spinal cord; transplantation

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPENDYMA; EPENDYMA CELL; FETUS; GRAY MATTER; HOST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; NUDE RAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELL NICHE; TISSUE REPAIR; WHITE MATTER;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; EPENDYMA; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEURAL STEM CELLS; RATS; RATS, TRANSGENIC; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELL NICHE; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 84869808564     PISSN: 17460751     EISSN: 1746076X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/rme.12.76     Document Type: Article

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