Functional electrical stimulation-facilitated proliferation and regeneration of neural precursor cells in the brains of rats with cerebral infarction

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 243-251

  Xiang, Yun ^a,b   Liu, Hui Hua ^a   Yan, Tie Bin ^a   Zhuang, Zhi Qiang ^a   Jin, Dong Mei ^a   Peng, Yuan ^c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b The 6th Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University Health Science Center   (China)

^c GUANGZHOU FIRST PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Basic fibroblast growth factor; Brain injury; Epidermal growth factor; Functional electrical stimulation; Nerve regeneration; Nestin; Neural precursor cells; Neural regeneration; Neurogenesis; NSFC grant; Rats; Stroke

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; NESTIN; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INFARCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRACTION TEST; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84897866467     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: 18767958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.128215     Document Type: Article

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