Examination of granule layer cell count, cell density, and single-pulse BrdU incorporation in rat organotypic hippocampal slice cultures with respect to culture medium, septotemporal position, and time in vitro

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 497, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 397-415

  Sadgrove, Matthew P ^a   Laskowski, Alexandra ^a   Gray, William P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell proliferation; Dentate gyrus; Hippocampus; Organ culture techniques

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SLICE; CELL COUNT; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DENSITY; CELL LABELING; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENTATE GYRUS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GRANULE CELL; GRANULE CELL LAYER; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; LEARNING; MOOD; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPTOTEMPORAL AREA; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TIME;

ANIMALS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STAINING AND LABELING; STEM CELLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745002751     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21000     Document Type: Article

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