Adult rat hippocampal slices as in vitro models for neurodegeneration: Studies on cell viability and apoptotic processes

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-44

  Legradi, Adam ^a   Varszegi, Szilvia ^a   Szigeti, Csaba ^a   Gulya, Karoly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspase 3; Hippocampus; Neurodegeneration; Slice culture; Trypan blue

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; STAINING; STRATUM ORIENS; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; HIPPOCAMPUS; MODELS, ANIMAL; NERVE DEGENERATION; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 78650304196     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2010.10.008     Document Type: Article

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