Microfluidic culture platform for neuroscience research

Nature Protocols

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2128-2136

  Park, Jeong Won ^a   Vahidi, Behrad ^a   Taylor, Anne M ^a   Rhee, Seog Woo ^b   Jeon, Noo Li ^a  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^b Kongju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL ISOLATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MICROENVIRONMENT; MICROFLUIDICS; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; NEURONS; RATS;

EID: 34248632508     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2006.316     Document Type: Article

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