Generation and transplantation of reprogrammed human neurons in the brain using 3D microtopographic scaffolds

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Carlson, Aaron L ^a   Bennett, Neal K ^a   Francis, Nicola L ^a   Halikere, Apoorva ^b,c   Clarke, Stephen ^d   Moore, Jennifer C ^e   Hart, Ronald P ^d,e   Paradiso, Kenneth ^d   Wernig, Marius ^f   Kohn, Joachim ^g   Pang, Zhiping P ^b,c   Moghe, Prabhas V ^a,h  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c CHILD HEALTH INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Life Sciences Building Rutgers University   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; POLYMER; REPLACEMENT; RODENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRANSPLANTATION;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN; BRAIN SLICE; CORPUS STRIATUM; ENGRAFTMENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; INJECTION SITE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; POLYMERIZATION; TRANSPLANTATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

POLYMER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR REPROGRAMMING; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; NEURONS; POLYMERS; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84961789188     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10862     Document Type: Article

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