Neuromuscular junction formation between human stem-cell-derived motoneurons and rat skeletal muscle in a defined system

Tissue Engineering - Part C: Methods

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1347-1355

  Guo, Xiufang ^a   Das, Mainak ^a,b   Rumsey, John ^a,b   Gonzalez, Mercedes ^a,b   Stancescu, Maria ^a   Hickman, James ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; DOSIMETRY; DRUG THERAPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; REPAIR; SELF ASSEMBLY; STEM CELLS; VIDEO RECORDING;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CO-CULTURE SYSTEM; COCULTURE; DRUG SCREENING; FUNCTIONAL MECHANISMS; HUMAN SPINAL CORD; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN-VITRO; MODEL SYSTEM; MYOTUBES; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTIONS; RAT MODEL; RAT SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL INJURY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THERAPEUTIC USE; THERAPY DESIGN;

MUSCLE;

RATTUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COCULTURE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION; FETUS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTONEURON; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FETUS; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELLS;

EID: 78649679450     PISSN: 19373384     EISSN: 19373392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tec.2010.0040     Document Type: Article

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