Effects of simulated microgravity on the development and maturation of dissociated cortical neurons

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Animal

Volumn 40, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 159-165

  Crestini, Alessio ^a   Zona, Cristina ^b   Sebastiani, Pierluigi ^c   Pieri, Massimo ^b   Caracciolo, Valentina ^c   Malvezzi Campeggi, Lorenzo ^a   Confaloni, Annamaria ^a   Di Loreto, Silvia ^c  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c Institute for Organ Transplantation and Immunocytology (ITOI) CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Immunocytochemistry; Neural cultures; Oxidative stress; Simulated microgravity

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL ADHESION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SUSPENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO; FLUORESCENCE; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROGRAVITY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; RATS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; WEIGHTLESSNESS SIMULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 6044247518     PISSN: 10712690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1290/1543-706X(2004)40<159:EOSMOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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