Precocious axons and improved survival of rat hippocampal neurons on lysine-alanine polymer substrates

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-20

  Brewer, Gregory J ^a   Deshmane, Sharad ^b   Ponnusamy, Ettigounder ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Sigma Chemical Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon; Cytoskeleton; Development; LAS; Lysine alanine polymer; MAP2; Neuritogenesis; Neuron substrate; Polylysine; Sprouting; Tau

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; LYSINE; POLYMER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH STIMULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALANINE; ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LYSINE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; PEPTIDES; POLYLYSINE; POLYMERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0032214368     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(98)00088-0     Document Type: Article

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