The role of cell therapy for stroke.
Cellular therapy has been evaluated in small animals, subhuman primates, and now humans for the potential repair of brain injury due to stroke. Experimental striate stroke models have proven useful for the purpose of evaluating different treatment paradigms. Early clinical trials involving neuronal transplantation in patients suffering motor-related stroke in the basal ganglia region have begun. This research will be described in this report.
Kondziolka
Douglas
D
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. kondziol@neuronet.pitt.edu
Wechsler
Lawrence
L
Tyler-Kabara
Elizabeth
E
Achim
Cristian
C
D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D020521:Stroke / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*