Transplanted motoneurons derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells form functional connections with target muscle

Stem Cell Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 529-539

  Su, Huanxing ^a,b   Wang, Lihui ^c   Cai, Jinglei ^c   Yuan, Qiuju ^a   Yang, Xiaoying ^a   Yao, Xiaoli ^d   Wong, Wai Man ^a   Huang, Wenhao ^c   Li, Zhiyuan ^c   Wan, Jian Bo ^b   Wang, Yitao ^b   Pei, Duanqing ^c   So, Kwok Fai ^a,e,f   Qin, Dajiang ^a,c   Wu, Wutian ^a,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b University of Macau   (Macao)

^c GUANGZHOU INSTITUTES OF BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTH   (China)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UMBILICAL CORD;

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EID: 84876309804     PISSN: 18735061     EISSN: 18767753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scr.2013.02.007     Document Type: Article

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