Murine spinal cord explants: A model for evaluating axonal growth and myelination in vitro

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1703-1715

  Thomson, Christine E ^a,b   Hunter, Anne M ^a   Griffiths, Ian R ^a   Edgar, Julia M ^a   McCulloch, Mailis C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Mouse; Myelin; Remyelination; Spinal cord repair

Indexed keywords

POLYLYSINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL DENSITY; CELL GROWTH; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLANT; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; MYELINATION; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH PROCESSES; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EMBRYO; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYELIN SHEATH; OLIGODENDROGLIA; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ORGANOGENESIS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 33845422673     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21084     Document Type: Article

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