Three-dimensional cultures of fetal mouse cerebral cortex in a collagen matrix

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-33

  Humphreys, P ^a   Jones, S ^b   Hendelman, W ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Explants; Immunohistochemistry; Neuronal migration; Three dimensional; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FETUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0029938803     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-0270(95)00142-5     Document Type: Article

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