Neuritic differentiation and synaptogenesis in serum-free neuronal cultures of the rat cerebral cortex

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 382, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 230-246

  De Lima, Ana D ^a   Merten, Marcus O P ^b   Voigt, Thomas ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Neocortical development; Neuronal polarization; Synaptophysin

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL; NEURITE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPSE; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NEURITES; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031548035     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970602)382:2<230::AID-CNE7>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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