Antiepileptic and neuroprotective effects of human umbilical cord blood mononuclear cells in a pilocarpine-induced epilepsy model

Cytotechnology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 193-199

  Costa Ferro, Zaquer Suzana Munhoz ^a   De Borba Cunha, Fernanda ^b   De Freitas Souza, Bruno Solano ^a,b   Leal, Marcos Maurício Tosta ^b   Da Silva, Adelson Alves ^c   De Bellis Kühn, Telma Ingrid Borges ^d   Forte, Andresa ^d   Sekiya, Eliseo Joji ^c   Soares, Milena Botelho Pereira ^a,b   Dos Santos, Ricardo Ribeiro ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SÃO RAFAEL   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c Hemocentro São Lucas Terapia Celular   (Brazil)

^d Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cell Center   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cell therapy; Cord blood; Epilepsy; Neuronal loss; Neuroprotection; Pilocarpine; Seizure frequency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894316697     PISSN: 09209069     EISSN: 15730778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10616-013-9557-3     Document Type: Article

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