Intraspinal transplantation and modulation of donor neuron electrophysiological activity

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 251, Issue , 2014, Pages 47-57

  Lee, Kun Ze ^a   Lane, Michael A ^c   Dougherty, Brendan J ^a   Mercier, Lynne M ^b   Sandhu, Milapjit S ^a   Sanchez, Justin C ^c   Reier, Paul J ^b   Fuller, David D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spinal cord injury; Fetal spinal cord; Hypoxia; Respiratory recovery; Spinal cord repair; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

TRACER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; DONOR NEURON; EMBRYO; ENGRAFTMENT; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; FETUS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HYPOXIA; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; TIDAL VOLUME;

EID: 84888055195     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2013.10.016     Document Type: Article

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