Tissue cultures from adult human postmortem subcortical brain areas

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 429-432

  Verwer, Ronald W H ^a   Dubelaar, E J G ^a   Hermens, W T J M C ^a   Swaab, D F ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Human brain; Tissue culture; Viability

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ADENO ASSOCIATED VIRUS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CADAVER; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MEYNERT BASAL NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASAL NUCLEUS OF MEYNERT; BRAIN; CADAVER; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DEPENDOVIRUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONS;

EID: 0036652231     PISSN: 15821838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2002.tb00522.x     Document Type: Article

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