Recent advances on the role of neurogenesis in the adult brain: Therapeutic potential in Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases

CNS and Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 740-748

  Radad, Khaled ^a,c   Moldzio, Rudolf ^b   Al Shraim, Mubarak ^c   Kranner, Barbara ^b   Krewenka, Christopher ^b   Rausch, Wolf Dieter ^b  

^a Assiut University   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Adult neurogenesis; Alzheimer s disease; Neural stem cells; Neurodegenerative diseases; Parkinson s disease; Therapeutic

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE METALLOENDOPEPTIDASE; NEDD8 PROTEIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE VII; PRAMIPEXOLE; QUINOLINIC ACID;

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL THERAPY; CEREBELLUM; CORPUS STRIATUM; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; REVIEW; SUBGRANULAR ZONE; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; BRAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; CELL- AND TISSUE-BASED THERAPY; HUMANS; NEUROGENESIS; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 85029678810     PISSN: 18715273     EISSN: 19963181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1871527316666170623094728     Document Type: Review

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