Intravenous administration of human umbilical tissue-derived cells improves neurological function in aged rats after embolic stroke

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1569-1576

  Zhang, Li ^a   Yi, Li ^a   Chopp, Michael ^a,b   Kramer, Brian C ^c   Romanko, Michael ^c   Gosiewska, Anna ^c   Hong, Klaudyne ^c  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNSON AND JOHNSON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged rat model; Cerebral infarct; Human umbilical cord; Stroke recovery; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN UMBILICAL TISSUE DERIVED CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEM CELL; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CELL GROWTH PROCESSES; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MICE; NEUROGENESIS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 84883523654     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/096368912X658674     Document Type: Article

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