Functional synapses are formed between human NTera2 (NT2N, hNT) neurons grown on astrocytes

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 407, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-10

  Hartley, Rebecca S ^a   Margulis, Michael ^b   Fishman, Paul S ^b   Lee, Virginia M Y ^a,c   Tang, Cha Min ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Excitatory synapses; Human neuronal cell line; Inhibitory synapses; Neuron glia interaction

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; 6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPSINS; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0033611939     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990428)407:1<1::AID-CNE1>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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