Development of axonal projections in cocultures of the hippocampal formation visualized with β-actin-gfp transgenic slices

Neuroembryology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 17-22

  Glumm, Robert ^a   Klöting, Anna ^a   Heimrich, Bernd ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Layer specificity; Slice cultures; Tracing

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL MIGRATION; CHIMERA; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOUSE; NERVE GROWTH; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WILD TYPE;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 10744221385     PISSN: 14248522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000051018     Document Type: Article

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