Development and survival of rat embryonic mesencephalic dopaminergic neurones in serum-free, antioxidant-rich primary cultures

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 233, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-16

  Cheung, N S ^a   Hickling, Y M ^a   Beart, P M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Mesencephalon; Neurones; Primary culture; Serum free; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DOPAMINE; MESENCEPHALON; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0030881589     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00613-7     Document Type: Article

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