Comparative study of cell culture and purification methods to obtain highly enriched cultures of proliferating adult rat Schwann cells

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 453-461

  Mauritz, Christina ^a   Grothe, Claudia ^a   Haastert, Kirsten ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adult; Enrichment; Physical transfection; Proliferation; Schwann cells

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FORSKOLIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA MODIFICATION; ELECTROPORATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MELANOCYTE; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE; TISSUE PREPARATION;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIVISION; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCHWANN CELLS; SCIATIC NERVE; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 3242810457     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20166     Document Type: Article

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