A rapid method for the isolation of metabolically active mitochondria from rat neurons and astrocytes in primary culture

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 209-214

  Almeida, Angeles ^a   Medina, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Isolation; Mitochondria; Neurons; Respiration

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CELL ORGANELLE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL RESPIRATION; CELLS, CULTURED; MITOCHONDRIA; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031835628     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(97)00044-5     Document Type: Article

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