Transplantation of human neural stem cells transduced with Olig2 transcription factor improves locomotor recovery and enhances myelination in the white matter of rat spinal cord following contusive injury

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Contusive spinal cord injury is complicated by a delayed loss of oligodendrocytes, resulting in chronic progressive demyelination. Therefore, transplantation strategies to provide oligodendrocyte lineage cells and to enhance the exte...

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Main Authors: Suh-Kim Haeyoung, Joo In S, Lee Seung I, Kim Eun J, Kim Byung G, Hwang Dong H, Sohn Seonghyang, Kim Seung U
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-09-01
Series:BMC Neuroscience
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2202/10/117