Three distinct neuronal phenotypes exist in embryonic rat hippocampal neurons cultured in basic fibroblast growth factor

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 204, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 5-8

  Eubanks, James H ^a   Perez Velazquez, Jose L ^a,b   Kerr, Robert G ^a,c   Carlen, Peter L ^a,b,c   Mills, Linda R ^a,c   Jones, Owen T ^a,b,c  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development; Electrophysiology; Growth factors; Hippocampal neurons; Immunocytochemistry; Primary culture

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030019481     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12337-5     Document Type: Article

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