Optimal location and time for neural stem cell transplantation into transected rat spinal cord.
RatSpinal cord injuryComplete transectionSprague-DawleyFemaleIntraspinal engraftment (rostral versus caudal to transection)Acute (time of injury) versus subacute (7 days post-op)
Model: T9 spinal cord transection
NSC transplanted rostral to the transection at the subacute stage gave the best graft survival and locomotor improvement with least macrophage infiltration.
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