Isolation and culture of adult rat hippocampal neurons

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 143-155

  Brewer, Gregory J ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult neuron culture; Aging; Cortical neurons; Gradient isolation; Hippocampal neurons; Neuritogenesis; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEURONS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN; PAPAIN; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0030896414     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(96)00136-7     Document Type: Article

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