Systemic injection of neural stem/progenitor cells in mice with chronic EAE

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 86, 2014, Pages

  Donegà, Matteo ^a   Giusto, Elena ^a   Cossetti, Chiara ^a   Schaeffer, Julia ^a   Pluchino, Stefano ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis; Immunology; Intracerebroventricular; Intravenous; Issue 86; Multiple sclerosis; Neurodegenerative disorders; Regenerative medicine; Somatic neural stem precursor cells; Systemic delivery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940231697     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/51154     Document Type: Article

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