Survival and neurite outgrowth of rat cortical neurons in three-dimensional agarose and collagen gel matrices

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 304, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 189-193

  O'Connor, Stephen M ^a   Stenger, David A ^a   Shaffer, Kara M ^a   Ma, Wu ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agarose; Apoptosis; Cell immobilization; Collagen; Extracellular matrix; Neurons; Three dimensional culture; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; COLLAGEN GEL; COLLAGEN TYPE 1;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL DEATH; CELL POLARITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; IMMOBILIZED CELL; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL POLARITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COLLAGEN; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO; GELS; NEURITES; NEURONS; RATS; SEPHAROSE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035947310     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(01)01769-4     Document Type: Article

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