The mouse cerebellar cortex in organotypic slice cultures: An in vitro model to analyze the consequences of mutations and pathologies on neuronal survival, development, and function

Critical Reviews in Neurobiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 179-186

  Lonchamp, Etienne ^a   Dupont, Jean Luc ^a   Beekenkamp, Huguette ^a   Poulain, Bernard ^a   Bossu, Jean Louis ^a  

^a CENTRE DE NEUROCHIMIE   (France)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; P Q type calcium channel; Patch clamp recording; Purkinje cell; Synoptic organization

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SLICE; CELL SURVIVAL; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE MUTATION; GRANULE CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERNEURON; MONOLAYER CULTURE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PURKINJE CELL; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TISSUE CULTURE;

EID: 36649010608     PISSN: 08920915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevNeurobiol.v18.i1-2.180     Document Type: Review

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