Purpose. Because of differences in energy metabolism between the brain and retina, the hypothesis for the study was that, in a model of ocular and cerebral hypoperfusion, the retina would be protected by short-term hyperglycemia, whereas brain injury would be
Embryonic stem cell (ESC)-based therapy is a promising treatment for neurodegenerative diseases. But there is always a risk of tumor formation that is due to contamination of undifferentiated ESCs. To reduce the risk and improve ESC-based therapy, we have established
Neuronatin promotes neural lineage in ESCs via Ca(2+) signaling.
Skin-derived precursor cells (SKPs) are multipotent neural crest-related stem cells that grow as self-renewing spheres and are capable of generating neurons and myelinating glial cells. SKPs are of clinical interest because they are accessible and potentially autologous. However, although spheres
Isoflurane inhibits growth but does not cause cell death in hippocampal neural precursor cells grown in culture.
