Cell transplantation therapy for spinal cord injury

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 637-647

  Assinck, Peggy ^a   Duncan, Greg J ^a   Hilton, Brett J ^a   Plemel, Jason R ^b   Tetzlaff, Wolfram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CELL JUNCTION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTERNEURON; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MYELINATION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE GROWTH; NERVE SPROUTING; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEURITE OUTGROWTH; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY ENSHEATHING CELL; OLIGODENDROCYTE PROGENITOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCAR; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; ANIMAL; CONVALESCENCE; CYTOLOGY; NERVE REGENERATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

ANIMALS; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL STEM CELLS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 85018183101     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.4541     Document Type: Review

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