Organotypic cortex-striatum-mesencephalon cultures: The nigrostriatal pathway

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 209, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 177-180

  Plenz, D ^a   Kitai, S T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortex; Mesencephalon; Nigrostriatal pathway; Organotypic culture; Striatum; Substantia nigra

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NEWBORN; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TISSUE CULTURE;

EID: 0029886675     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12644-6     Document Type: Article

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