Restoration of the striatal circuitry: from developmental aspects towards clinical applications
In the basal ganglia, the striatum is a highly complex structure coordinating motor and cognitive functions and it is severely affected in Huntington’s disease (HD) patients. Transplantation of fetal ganglionic eminence derived precursor cells aims to restore neural circuitry in the degenerated stri...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2012-04-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncel.2012.00016/full |