Function of microglia in organotypic slice cultures

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 644-651

  Czapiga, Meggan ^a   Colton, Carol A ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Microglia; Migration; Organotypic slice culture; Superoxide anion production

Indexed keywords

PHORBOL ESTER; SUPEROXIDE; ZYMOSAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOARCHITECTURE; HAMSTER; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; CELL SIZE; CHEMOTAXIS; CRICETINAE; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; LECTINS; MICROGLIA; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLANT LECTINS; SUPEROXIDES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033564198     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19990615)56:6<644::AID-JNR10>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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