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Oligodendrocyte progenitors: adult stem cells of the central nervous system?

A H Crawford1, J H Stockley1, R B Tripathi2

  • 1Wellcome Trust-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QR; Department of Clinical Neurosciences, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0SP; Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ES, UK.

Experimental Neurology
|May 8, 2014
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Keywords:
AstrocyteMultipotentNeuronOligodendrocytePrecursor cellProgenitor cellRegenerationRemyelinationSchwann cellStem cell

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