Long-term survival of transplanted basal forebrain cells following in vitro propagation with fibroblast growth factor-2

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 12-24

  Minger, Stephen L ^a,b   Fisher, Lisa J ^a   Ray, Jasodhara ^a   Gage, Fred H ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; IBOTENIC ACID; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030248616     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1996.0134     Document Type: Article

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