Rat embryonic motoneurons in long-term co-culture with Schwann cells - A system to investigate motoneuron diseases on a cellular level in vitro

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 275-284

  Haastert, Kirsten ^a   Grosskreutz, Julian ^a   Jaeckel, Martin ^a   Laderer, Christina ^a   Bufler, Johannes ^a   Grothe, Claudia ^a   Claus, Peter ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium deregulation; Culture system; Glutamate excitotoxicity; Motoneurons; Transfection

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; CALCIUM; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUTAMIC ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LIPOSOME;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LEVEL; CELL MATURATION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EMBRYO; EXCITOTOXICITY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 13444263436     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2004.09.003     Document Type: Article

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