Influences of the thalamus on the survival of subplate and cortical plate cells in cultured embryonic mouse brain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3247-3255

  Price, David J ^a   Lotto, R Beau ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cortical plate; corticothalamic projection; growth factors; mouse; organotypic culture; subplate; thalamocortical projection; trophism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXPLANT; FEMALE; FETUS; MALE; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS;

EID: 0029880978     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-10-03247.1996     Document Type: Article

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