Observational examination of aggregation and migration during early phase of neurosphere culture of mouse neural stem cells

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 231-234

  Mori, Hideki ^a,b,c   Fujitani, Toshika ^a   Kanemura, Yonehiro ^b,c   Kino oka, Masahiro ^a   Taya, Masahito ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

aggregation; cell migration; neural stem cells; neurosphere formation

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; FLUORESCENCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PIGMENTS; RATS;

CELL MIGRATION; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEUROSPHERE FORMATION; SERUM FREE CULTURE;

CELL CULTURE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL MIGRATION; EMBRYO; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; INOCULATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; STAINING;

ANIMALS; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; MICE; NEURONS; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR; STEM CELLS;

EID: 35348961402     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1263/jbb.104.231     Document Type: Article

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