Beyond cell replacement: Unresolved roles of NG2-expressing progenitors

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue 8 MAY, 2014, Pages

  Boda, Enrica ^a   Buffo, Annalisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Buffering; Depolarization; Myelin; Neuromodulation; Neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; MYELIN; NG2 PROTEIN; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 84905027348     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00122     Document Type: Note

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