Neural stem cells grafts decrease neural apoptosis associated with caspase-7 downregulation and BDNF upregulation in rats following spinal cord hemisection

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1013-1022

  Xia, Guan Nan ^a   Zou, Yu ^b   Wang, You Cui ^a   Xia, Qing Jie ^c   Lu, Bing Tuan ^b   Wang, Ting Hua ^b,c   Qi, Jian Guo ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BDNF; Caspase 7; Hemisected spinal cord injury; Neuroprotection; NSCs transplantation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BDNF GENE; CASPASE 7 GENE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; NERVE CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRKB GENE; UPREGULATION;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CASPASE 7; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SHAPE; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84885178352     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: 15736830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-013-9969-9     Document Type: Article

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