Glial-restricted precursors as potential candidates for ALS cell-replacement therapy

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 233-241

  Kruminis Kaszkiel, Ewa ^a   Wojtkiewicz, Joanna ^a   Maksymowicz, Wojciech ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Astrocytes; Glial restricted precursors

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL; ASTROCYTE; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GLIA; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL- AND TISSUE-BASED THERAPY; HUMANS; NEUROGLIA; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84907187715     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: 16890035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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