A simple technique to efficiently dissociate primary auditory neurons from 5 day-old rat cochleas

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 123-128

  Ripoll, Chantal ^a   Rebillard, Guy ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Cochlea; Culture of neurons; Neuron dissociation; Spiral ganglion

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; FLUORESCENT DYE; THERMOLYSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL VIABILITY; COCHLEA; NERVE CELL; NEUROFILAMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIRAL GANGLION; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; COCHLEA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; NEUROSCIENCES; RATS; SPIRAL GANGLION;

EID: 0030994193     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(96)02217-0     Document Type: Article

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