A method for long term culture of murine type 2 astrocytes

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 161-167

  Brown, David R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gila; Glutathione peroxidase; Mouse; O 2A lineage; SOD 1

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL TYPE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLIA CELL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL COUNT; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGLIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; STEM CELLS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 0032548891     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(97)00177-5     Document Type: Article

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