Serum-free culture of rat post-natal and fetal brainstem neurons

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 199-210

  Kivell, Bronwyn M ^a   McDonald, Fiona J ^a   Miller, John H ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Defined media; Fetal; Immunocytochemistry; MAP2; Post natal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN STEM; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SIZE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; FEMALE; FETUS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NEURITES; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0034646849     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(00)00010-9     Document Type: Article

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