Neuroprotective effects of human spinal cord-derived neural precursor cells after transplantation to the injured spinal cord

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 253, Issue , 2014, Pages 138-145

  Emgård, Mia ^a   Piao, Jinghua ^a,d   Aineskog, Helena ^a,b   Liu, Jia ^a   Calzarossa, Cinzia ^a   Odeberg, Jenny ^a   Holmberg, Lena ^a   Samuelsson, Eva Britt ^a   Bezubik, Bartosz ^a   Vincent, Per Henrik ^a   Falci, Scott P ^c   Seiger, Åke ^a,b   Åkesson, Elisabet ^a,b   Sundström, Erik ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Stockholms Sjukhem Foundation   (Sweden)

^c CRAIG HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor function; Neural precursor cells; Neuroprotection; Spinal cord injury; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DERIVED NEURAL PRECURSOR CELL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MOTOR FUNCTION; NEURAL PRECURSOR CELLS; NEUROPROTECTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HINDLIMB; HSP27 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; PAIN THRESHOLD; RATS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84892505147     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2013.12.022     Document Type: Article

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