Combining Enriched Environment, Progesterone, and Embryonic Neural Stem Cell Therapy Improves Recovery after Brain Injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 1117-1129

  Nudi, Evan T ^a   Jacqmain, Justin ^a   Dubbs, Kelsey ^a   Geeck, Katalin ^a   Salois, Garrick ^a   Searles, Madeleine A ^a   Smith, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a SAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enriched environment; ENSC; Progesterone; TBI

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BARNES MAZE TEST; BRAIN INJURY; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EXPERIMENTAL BEHAVIORAL TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIAL FRONTAL CORTEX; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; RAT; ROTOR ROD TASK; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; BRAIN INJURIES; DISEASE MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; FRONTAL LOBE; INJURIES; LONG EVANS RAT; MAZE TEST; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEURAL STEM CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTAROD TEST; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN INJURIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENVIRONMENT; FRONTAL LOBE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MOTOR SKILLS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROTAROD PERFORMANCE TEST;

EID: 84934301496     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2014.3618     Document Type: Article

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