Reconstruction of brain circuitry by neural transplants generated from pluripotent stem cells

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 79, Issue , 2015, Pages 28-40

  Thompson, Lachlan H ^a   Björklund, Anders ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cell replacement; Embryonic stem; Induced pluripotent; Integration; Regeneration; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NEURAL STEM CELL; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD LESION; THALAMUS; ANIMAL; BRAIN; HUMAN; NERVE TRACT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SURGERY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84928598929     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: 1095953X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2015.04.003     Document Type: Review

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