Human umbilical cord blood cells restore brain damage induced changes in rat somatosensory cortex.

Intraperitoneal transplantation of human umbilical cord blood (hUCB) cells has been shown to reduce sensorimotor deficits after hypoxic ischemic brain injury in neonatal rats. However, the neuronal correlate of the functional recovery and how such a treatment enforces plastic remodelling at the leve...

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Main Authors: Maren Geissler, Hubert R Dinse, Sandra Neuhoff, Klaus Kreikemeier, Carola Meier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3105979?pdf=render