Neural stem cells engrafted in the adult brain fuse with endogenous neurons

Stem Cells and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 538-547

  Brilli, Elisa ^a   Reitano, Erika ^a   Conti, Luciano ^a   Conforti, Paola ^a   Gulino, Rosario ^a   Consalez, G Giacomo ^b   Cesana, Elisabetta ^a   Smith, Austin ^c   Rossi, Ferdinando ^d,e   Cattaneo, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^e Neuroscience Institute Cavalieri Ottolenghi (NICO)   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL FATE; CELL FUSION; CELL MATURATION; CELL TYPE; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMPLANTATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL FUSION; MICE; MICE, NUDE; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEURONS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 84873331166     PISSN: 15473287     EISSN: 15578534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/scd.2012.0530     Document Type: Article

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