Typical and atypical stem cells in the brain, vitamin C effect and neuropathology

Biological Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 243-256

  Nualart, Francisco ^a   Salazar, Katterine ^a   Oyarce, Karina ^a   Cisternas, Pedro ^a   Jara, Nery ^a   Silva Álvarez, Carmen ^a   Pastor, Patricia ^a   Martínez, Fernando ^a   García, Andrea ^a   de los Ángeles García Robles, María ^a   Tapia, Juan Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Bergmann glia; Brain development; Neuroblast; Neurogenic niche; Parkinson's disease; Radial glia; Stem cells; SVCT2; Tanycytes; Type b cells; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; MICE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROGENESIS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; VITAMINS;

EID: 84871498551     PISSN: 07169760     EISSN: 07176287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-97602012000300006     Document Type: Article

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