Adv Exp Med Biol. 2010;671:41-57. Stem cell transplantation methods. Tran KD, Ho A, Jandial R. Source UCSD School of Medicine, San Diego, California, USA. Abstract Just a few short years ago, we still used to think that we were born with a finite number of irreplaceable neurons. However, in recent years, there has been increasingly…

Adv Exp Med Biol. 2010;671:105-16. Stem cells in the treatment of stroke. Urbaniak Hunter K, Yarbrough C, Ciacci J. Source University of Michigan, Department of Radiation Oncology, UH B2C490, 1500 E. Medical Center Dr., Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. kurbania@med.umich.edu Abstract Stroke is an often devastating insult resulting in neurological deficit lasting greater than 24 hours.…

Rev Med Interne. 2010 Jul;31(7):486-92. Epub 2010 May 21. [Cerebral plasticity: from bench to bedside in stroke treatment]. [Article in French] Deroide N, Nih LR, Dinh RY, Lévy B, Kubis N. Source Service de physiologie explorations fonctionnelles, hôpital Lariboisière, 2, rue Ambroise-Paré, 75010 Paris, France. Abstract It has long been believed that cerebral lesions were…

Stem Cells. 2010 Jun;28(6):1099-106. A long-term follow-up study of intravenous autologous mesenchymal stem cell transplantation in patients with ischemic stroke. Lee JS, Hong JM, Moon GJ, Lee PH, Ahn YH, Bang OY; STARTING collaborators. Collaborators (14) Lee JS, Hong JM, Choi JY, Park J, Lee G, Ahn YH, Lee PH, Kang YM, Kim HS, Li,…

Exp Transl Stroke Med. 2010 May 28;2(1):11. Induction of neuro-protective/regenerative genes in stem cells infiltrating post-ischemic brain tissue. Yilmaz G, Alexander JS, Erkuran Yilmaz C, Granger DN. Source Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, Shreveport, LA, USA. dgrang@lsuhsc.edu. Abstract ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND-: Although the therapeutic potential of bone marrow-derived stromal…

J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2011 Jan;31(1):235-42. Epub 2010 Jun 9. Cell number and timing of transplantation determine survival of human neural stem cell grafts in stroke-damaged rat brain. Darsalia V, Allison SJ, Cusulin C, Monni E, Kuzdas D, Kallur T, Lindvall O, Kokaia Z. Source Laboratory of Neural Stem Cell Biology and Therapy, University…

Exp Neurol. 2010 Oct;225(2):284-93. Epub 2010 Jun 12. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation protects mice from lethal stroke. Felfly H, Muotri A, Yao H, Haddad GG. Source University of California San Diego, School of Medicine, Departments of Pediatrics, USA. Abstract Stroke is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in the United States. The ideal therapeutic…

Curr Neurovasc Res. 2010 Aug 1;7(3):167-79. Intravenous implanted neural stem cells migrate to injury site, reduce infarct volume, and improve behavior after cerebral ischemia. Shen CC, Lin CH, Yang YC, Chiao MT, Cheng WY, Ko JL. Source Department of Neurosurgery, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan. Abstract Stroke represents one of the leading causes of…

Stroke. 2010 Sep;41(9):2064-70. Epub 2010 Jul 8. Biodistribution of neural stem cells after intravascular therapy for hypoxic-ischemia. Pendharkar AV, Chua JY, Andres RH, Wang N, Gaeta X, Wang H, De A, Choi R, Chen S, Rutt BK, Gambhir SS, Guzman R. Source Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5327, USA. Abstract…

Neurosurgery. 2010 Sep;67(3):711-20. Isolation and perivascular localization of mesenchymal stem cells from mouse brain. Kang SG, Shinojima N, Hossain A, Gumin J, Yong RL, Colman H, Marini F, Andreeff M, Lang FF. Source Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030-4009, USA. Abstract BACKGROUND: Although originally isolated from the…