Three-dimensional cultures of dissociated myenteric plexus as a model for the development of the enteric nervous system

Biomedical Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 92-99

  Holland Cunz, Stefan ^a   Hagl, Cornelia ^a   Krammer, Heinz Jürgen ^a   Lintz, Matthias ^b   Wessel, Luuk ^a   Schäfer, Karl Herbert ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Biotech in Microsystems Technology   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES KAISERSLAUTERN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dysganglionosis; Enteric nervous system; Neurotrophins; Three dimensional tissue culture

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLASS; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CULTURE MEDIUM; DYSGANGLIONOSIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GANGLION; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEURITE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037665287     PISSN: 0970938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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