Peripheral and central target requirements for survival of embryonic rat dorsal root ganglion neurons in slice cultures

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 6905-6913

  Wetts, Richard ^a   Vaughn, James E ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; NADPH diaphorase histochemistry; Nerve growth factor; Neurotrophin 3; Organotypic slice culture; Sensory neurons; TUNEL histochemistry

Indexed keywords

NEUROTROPHIN 3;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL GANGLION;

EID: 0032171180     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-17-06905.1998     Document Type: Article

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