NG2 cells (polydendrocytes) in brain physiology and repair

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue 8 JUN, 2014, Pages

  Nishiyama, Akiko ^a   Suzuki, Ryusuke ^a   Zhu, Xiaoqin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell fate; Demyelination; Myelin; NG2; Oligodendrocyte; Polydendrocyte; Subventricular zone

Indexed keywords

ASTROCYTE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL REGENERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; HUMAN; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NG2 CELL; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OLIGODENDROCYTE PRECURSOR CELL; OLIGODENDROGLIA;

EID: 84905004150     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00133     Document Type: Note

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