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Fields of interest:

• Use of stem cells in CNS trauma research
• Use of hydrogel materials in spinal cord injury research

Recent publications:

L. Urdzikova, P. Jendelova, K. Glogarova, M. Burian, M. Hajek and E. Sykova:
Transplantation of bone marrow stem cells as well as mobilization by granulocyte-colony stimulating factor promotes recovery after spinal cord injury in rats,
J. Neurotrauma., Vol. 23(9), (2006), pp. 1379-1391.

M. Anderova, S. Kubinova, M. Jelitai, H. Neprasova, K. Glogarova, I. Prajerova, L. Urdzikova, A. Chvatal and E. Sykova:
Transplantation of embryonic neuroectodermal progenitor cells into the site of a photochemical lesion: immunohistochemical and electrophysiological analysis,
J. Neurobiol., Vol. 66(10), (2006), pp. 1084-1100.

E. Sykova, P. Jendelova, L. Urdzikova, P. Lesny and A. Hejcl:
Bone marrow stem cells and polymer hydrogels--two strategies for spinal cord injury repair,
Cell. Mol. Neurobiol., Vol. 26(7-8), (2006), pp. 1113-129.

L. Urdzikova and I. Vanicky:
Post-traumatic moderate systemic hyperthermia worsens behavioural outcome after spinal cord injury in the rat,
Spinal Cord., Vol. 44(2), (2006), pp. 113-119.

P. Jendelova, V. Herynek, L. Urdzikova, K. Glogarova, S. Rahmatova, I. Fales, B. Andersson, P. Prochazka, J. Zamecnik, T. Eckschlager, P. Kobylka, M. Hajek and E. Sykova:
Magnetic resonance tracking of human CD34+ progenitor cells separated by means of immunomagnetic selection and transplanted into injured rat brain,
Cell Transplant., Vol. 14(4), (2005), pp. 173-182.

P. Jendelova, V. Herynek, L. Urdzikova, K. Glogarova, J. Kroupova, B. Andersson, V. Bryja, M. Burian, M. Hajek and E. Sykova:
Magnetic resonance tracking of transplanted bone marrow and embryonic stem cells labeled by iron oxide nanoparticles in rat brain and spinal cord,
J. Neurosci. Res., (2004), Vol. 76(2), pp. 232-243.

I. Vanicky, L. Urdzikova, K. Saganova, D. Cizkova and J. Galik:
A simple and reproducible model of spinal cord injury induced by epidural balloon inflation in the rat, 
J. Neurotrauma., Vol. 18(12), (2001), pp. 1399-1407.