Cryopreservation of human brain tissue allowing timely production of viable adult human brain cells for autologous transplantation

Cryobiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 179-183

  Brunet, Jean François ^a,b   Pellerin, Luc ^b   Magistretti, Pierre ^b   Villemure, Jean Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b University of Lausanne Medical Center   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; LIQUID NITROGEN; PROTEIN S100B;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL VIABILITY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DISSECTION; DISSOCIATION; FROZEN SECTION; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROECTODERM; NEUROFILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; TISSUE SECTION; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0142199939     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2003.08.005     Document Type: Article

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