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Peripheral injection of human umbilical cord blood stimulates neurogenesis in the aged rat brain.
BMC neuroscience - 14 Feb 2008
Bachstetter Adam D, Pabon Mibel M, Cole Michael J, Hudson Charles E, Sanberg Paul R, Willing Alison E, Bickford Paula C, Gemma Carmelina
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BACKGROUND: Neurogenesis continues to occur throughout life but dramatically decreases with increasing age. This decrease is mostly related to a decline in proliferative activity as a result of an impoverishment of the microenvironment of the aged brain, including a reduction in trophic factors and increased inflammation. RESULTS: We determined that human umbilical cord blood mononuclear cells (UCBMC) given...
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