Preparation of cell suspensions for co-transplantation: Methodological considerations

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 247, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 111-114

  Othberg, Agneta I ^a   Willing, Alison E ^a   Saporta, Samuel ^b   Cameron, Don F ^b   Sanberg, Paul R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell suspensions; Dopamine; Parkinson's disease; Sertoli cells; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL SUSPENSION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EMBRYO; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SERTOLI CELL;

EID: 0032524283     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00283-3     Document Type: Article

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