Appearance of neurofilament subunit epitopes correlates with electrophysiological maturation in cortical embryonic neurons cocultured with mature astrocytes

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-27

  Steinschneider, Rémy ^a   Delmas, Patrick ^b   Nedelec, Joel ^c   Gola, Maurice ^b   Bernard, Dominique ^a   Boucraut, José ^a  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CNRS UPR A9024   (France)

^c Biocytex   (France)

Author keywords

Coculture; Embryonic neurons; Immunofluorescence; Maturation; Neurofilament subunit; Patch clamp

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0842270874     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-3806(96)00052-1     Document Type: Article

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