Cell lineage and regional identity of cultured spinal cord neural stem cells and comparison to brain-derived neural stem cells.

Neural stem cells (NSCs) can be isolated from different regions of the central nervous system. There has been controversy whether regional differences amongst stem and progenitor cells are cell intrinsic and whether these differences are maintained during expansion in culture. The identification of...

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Main Authors: Theresa K Kelly, Stanislav L Karsten, Daniel H Geschwind, Harley I Kornblum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2615219?pdf=render