Culturing neurons from the snail Helisoma

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 2003, Issue 71, 2003, Pages 157-170

  Cohan, Christopher S ^a   Karnes, James L ^b   Zhou, Feng Quan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b D'YOUVILLE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SEPARATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; DISSECTION; GANGLION; GROWTH CONE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; SNAIL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; DISSECTION; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; GROWTH CONES; NERVOUS SYSTEM; SNAILS;

EID: 1542779851     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-679x(03)01009-4     Document Type: Review

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