Neuroprotection and Axonal Regeneration After Lumbar Ventral Root Avulsion by Re-implantation and Mesenchymal Stem Cells Transplant Combined Therapy

Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 354-368

  Torres Espín, Abel ^a   Corona Quintanilla, Dora Luz ^a,b   Forés, Joaquim ^c   Allodi, Ilary ^a   González, Francisco ^a   Udina, Esther ^a   Navarro, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO TLAXCALA DE BIOLOGÍA DE LA CONDUCTA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Axonal regeneration; Motoneuron; Neuroprotection; Stem cells; Surgical repair; Ventral root

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINNERVATION; REOPERATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL ROOT; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VENTRAL ROOT; VENTRAL ROOT AVULSION;

EID: 84876188082     PISSN: 19337213     EISSN: 18787479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13311-013-0178-5     Document Type: Article

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