Astrocyte transplantation for spinal cord injury: Current status and perspective

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 107, Issue , 2014, Pages 18-30

  Chu, Tianci ^a   Zhou, Hengxing ^a   Li, Fuyuan ^a   Wang, Tianyi ^a   Lu, Lu ^a   Feng, Shiqing ^a  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Cell transplantation; Glia; Regeneration; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTE TRANSPLANTATION; ASTROCYTOSIS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RATS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84901983206     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: 18732747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2014.05.003     Document Type: Review

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