Astrocyte differentiation in primary culture followed by flow cytometry

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 131-138

  Tabernero, Arantxa ^a   Orfao, Alberto ^a   Medina, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Culture; Flow cytometry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEM CELL;

EID: 0030051673     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-0102(95)00981-7     Document Type: Article

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