Therapeutic potential of neural stem cells: Greater in people's perception than in their brains?

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue 8 APR, 2014, Pages

  Cattaneo, Elena ^a   Bonfanti, Luca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain repair; Hope; Neurodegenerative diseases; Press release; Regenerative medicine; Science and society; Science communication; Therapeutic illusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT NEUROGENESIS; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN REGION; BYSTANDER EFFECT; COMA; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

EID: 84905044196     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00079     Document Type: Note

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