Synchronization of neuronal activity promotes survival of individual rat neocortical neurons in early development

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 990-999

  Voigt, Thomas ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium; Cell culture; Cell death; Cerebral cortex; Oscillation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FETUS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; NEURONS; RATS;

EID: 0030999431     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb01449.x     Document Type: Article

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