Promotion of Survival and Differentiation of Neural Stem Cells with Fibrin and Growth Factor Cocktails after Severe Spinal Cord Injury
Title:
Promotion of Survival and Differentiation of Neural Stem Cells with Fibrin and Growth Factor Cocktails after Severe Spinal Cord Injury
Author:
Lu, Paul
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Cambridge, MA MyJoVE Corp 2016
Physical Description:
online resource (596 seconds)
Series:
Neuroscience
General Note:
Title from resource description page
Abstract:
Fibrin matrices containing growth factors were used to retain grafted neural stem cells into sites of complete spinal cord transection. Grafted cells completely filled the lesion cavity and differentiated into multiple neural cell types, including neurons that extended axons into host spinal cord over long distances.
Reading Level:
For undergraduate, graduate, and professional students
Subject Term:
Electronic Access:
https://www.jove.com/t/50641