Neural precursor cell transplantation enhances functional recovery and reduces astrogliosis in bilateral compressive/contusive cervical spinal cord injury

Stem Cells Translational Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1148-1159

  Wilcox, Jared T ^a,b   Satkunendrarajah, Kajana ^b   Zuccato, Jeffrey A ^a   Nassiri, Farshad ^a   Fehlings, Michael G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell transplantation; Cervical spinal cord injuries; Electrophysiology; Forelimb; Neural stem cells; Tissue preservation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; ENGRAFTMENT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GRIP STRENGTH TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; ANIMAL; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE MODEL; EVOKED RESPONSE; GLIOSIS; NEURAL STEM CELL; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CERVICAL CORD; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS; GLIOSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; NEURAL STEM CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84908040537     PISSN: 21576564     EISSN: 21576580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5966/sctm.2014-0029     Document Type: Article

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