Astroglia inhibit the proliferation of neocortical cells and prevent the generation of small GABAergic neurons in vitro

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3845-3856

  De Lima, Ana D ^a   Voigt, Thomas ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Development; Neocortex; Neuronal differentiation; Neuronal diversity

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROGLIA; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; KINETICS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MITOSIS; NEOCORTEX; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0032727229     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00804.x     Document Type: Article

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