A low-cost method for brain slice cultures

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-194

  Koyama, Ryuta ^a   Muramatsu, Rieko ^a   Sasaki, Takuya ^a   Kimura, Rie ^a   Ueyama, Chihiro ^a   Tamura, Makoto ^a   Tamura, Naohiro ^a   Ichikawa, Junya ^a   Takahashi, Naoya ^a   Usami, Atsushi ^a   Yamada, Maki K ^a   Matsuki, Norio ^a   Ikegaya, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hippocampal slice; Membrane interface tissue culture; Organotypic culture

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE FILTER; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; RAT; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE;

EID: 34250880712     PISSN: 13478613     EISSN: 13478648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jphs.SC0070119     Document Type: Article

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