The ependymal region of the adult human spinal cord differs from other species and shows ependymoma-like features

Brain

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1583-1597

  Garcia Ovejero, Daniel ^a   Arevalo Martin, Angel ^a   Paniagua Torija, Beatriz ^a   Florensa Vila, José ^a   Ferrer, Isidro ^b   Grassner, Lukas ^c,d   Molina Holgado, Eduardo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL NACIONAL DE PARAPLÉJICOS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^c TRAUMA CENTER MURNAU   (Germany)

^d PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Central canal; Ependymoma; Neural stem cells; Regeneration; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; FIBRONECTIN; NESTIN; VIMENTIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPENDYMAL REGION; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STEM CELL NICHE; YOUNG ADULT; AGING; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EPENDYMA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EPENDYMA; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938723222     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awv089     Document Type: Article

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