Dye coupling in Purkinje cells of organotypic slice cultures

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 101-105

  Meller, Karl ^a   Krah, Kerstin ^a   Theiss, Carsten ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebellar slice culture; Dye spreading; Gap junction; Microinjection; Purkinje cell

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; NEUROBIOTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENDRITIC CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOTIN; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; DENDRITES; DIFFUSION; FREEZE FRACTURING; GAP JUNCTIONS; MICROINJECTIONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PURKINJE CELLS; RATS; STAINING AND LABELING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 27244437102     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devbrainres.2005.08.007     Document Type: Article

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