Organotypic slice culture of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus of rat

Journal of Veterinary Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-20

  Eun, Seong Cho ^a   So, Yeong Lee ^a   Park, Jae Yong ^b   Hong, Seong Geun ^b   Pan, Dong Ryu ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Green fluorescent protein; Immunocytochemistry; Organotypic slice culture; Paraventricular nucleus

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRIDAE; RATTUS;

EID: 33847607462     PISSN: 1229845X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4142/jvs.2007.8.1.15     Document Type: Article

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