Differentiation of Purkinje cells in cerebellar slice cultures: An immunocytochemical and Golgi EM study

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 361-369

  Tauer, U ^a   Volk, B ^a,b   Heimrich, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Neurocentre ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Anti calbindin D 28 k; Axonal targeting; Dendritic branching; Organotypic cultures of cerebellum; Rat; Spine formation; UCHT1

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC SPINE; GOLGI COMPLEX; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL;

EID: 0029761967     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.1996.tb01115.x     Document Type: Article

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