Effects of ciliary neurotrophic factor and leukemia inhibiting factor on oxytocin and vasopressin magnocellular neuron survival in rat and mouse hypothalamic organotypic cultures

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 128-133

  House, Shirley B ^a   Li, Congyu ^a   Yue, Chunmei ^a   Gainer, Harold ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

CNTF; Hypothalamus; LIF; Magnocellular neurons; Neurotrophic; Organotypic; Oxytocin; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXOTOMY; CELL SURVIVAL; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MICE; NEURONS; NEUROPHYSINS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; OXYTOCIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 59249089841     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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