Cocultured, but not isolated, cortical explants display normal dendritic development: A long-term quantitative study

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-29

  Baker, R E ^a   Van Pelt, J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

coculture; dendrite axon; neocortex; organotypic explant; quantitative morphology; rapid Golgi

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NEOCORTEX; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DENDRITES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SILVER STAINING;

EID: 0031026740     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(96)00163-0     Document Type: Article

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