Cryopreservation of Organotypic Brain Spheroid Cultures

Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 563-573

  Purcell, Wendy M ^a   Atterwill, Christopher K ^a   Xu, Jinsheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Hen rat brain spheroids; Viability

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; LIQUID NITROGEN; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SPHEROID CULTURE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO CULTURE; FEMALE; HEN; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT; THAWING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1242294593     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119290303100605     Document Type: Article

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