A comparative study of preparation techniques for improving the viability of striatal grafts using vital stains, in vitro cultures, and in vivo grafts

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 599-611

  Fricker, Rosemary A ^a,b   Barker, Roger A ^a   Fawcett, James W ^a   Dunnett, Stephen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age; Apomorphine rotation; Embryonic striatal grafts; In vitro; Paw reaching; Trituration process; Trypsin; Vital dyes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SUSPENSION; CELL VIABILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; EFFERENT NERVE; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; IMPLANTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TECHNIQUE; VITAL STAIN;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; FEMALE; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; RATS; TRYPSIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030479953     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-6897(96)00087-5     Document Type: Article

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