Functional integration of embryonic stem cell-derived neurons in hippocampal slice cultures

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 7075-7083

  Benninger, Felix ^a   Beck, Heinz ^a   Wernig, Marius ^a   Tucker, Kerry L ^b   Brüstle, Oliver ^a   Scheffler, Björn ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; ES cells; Hippocampus; Slice culture; Tau; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SODIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); GLIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; STEM CELL; TISSUE CULTURE;

EID: 0042626611     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-18-07075.2003     Document Type: Article

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