Preparation of primary cultures and acute slices of the nervous system of the moth Manduca sexta

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 103-112

  Oland, Lynne A ^a   Müller, Thomas ^b   Kettenmann, Helmut ^c   Hayashi, Jon ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

^c MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Antennal lobe; Glia; Olfaction; Patch clamp; Slice preparation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIA CELL; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING;

EID: 0030597001     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(96)00025-8     Document Type: Article

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