Regeneration of entorhino-dentate projections in organotypic slice cultures: Mode of axonal regrowth and effects of growth factors

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 68-78

  Woodhams, Peter L ^a   Atkinson, D John ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MATURATION; DENTATE GYRUS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030198594     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1996.0116     Document Type: Article

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