Molecular and immunocytochemical characterization of primary neuronal cultures from adult rat brain: Differential expression of neuronal and glial protein markers

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 294-302

  Ray, Balmiki ^a   Bailey, Jason A ^a   Sarkar, Sumit ^a   Lahiri, Debomoy K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult neuron culture; Amyloid precursor protein; Glia; Neuron; Transfection

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT ANIMAL; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFECTION; DRUG TARGETING; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FETUS; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GLIA CELL; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REPORTER GENE; STEADY STATE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; GENETIC VECTORS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEOMICS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 70350038033     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.08.018     Document Type: Article

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