Cultures of cells from fetal rat brain: Methods to control composition, morphology, and biochemical activity

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 461-467

  Mahoney, Melissa J ^a   Saltzman, W Mark ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular differentiation; Choline acetyltransferase activity; Cholinergic neurons; Collagen; Fibronectin; G5; Glia; Laminin; N2

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAIN; CATALYST ACTIVITY; COLLAGEN; ENZYMES; INSULIN; MORPHOLOGY; POLYSTYRENES;

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

TISSUE CULTURE;

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COLLAGEN; FIBRONECTIN; LAMININ;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL DENSITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; FETUS; GLIA CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BRAIN; BRAIN TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CULTURE MEDIA; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; FETUS; HUMANS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; RATS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033585843     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19990220)62:4<461::AID-BIT9>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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