Generation of motor neurons from pluripotent stem cells

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 201, Issue , 2012, Pages 313-331

  Chipman, Peter H ^a   Toma, Jeremy S ^a   Rafuse, Victor F ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Embryonic stem cells; Induced pluripotent stem cells; Motor neuron disease; Motor neurons; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ALPHA NERVE FIBER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL SURVIVAL; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOMATIC CELL; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84870228429     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: 18757855     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-59544-7.00015-9     Document Type: Chapter

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