Co-culture of neurons and glia in a novel microfluidic platform

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-44

  Majumdar, Devi ^a   Gao, Yandong ^b   Li, Deyu ^b   Webb, Donna J ^a,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Co culture; Glia; Hippocampal neurons; Microfluidic device; Transfection

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GLIA; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DENDRITES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; HIPPOCAMPUS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROFLUIDICS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; RATS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 79951554977     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.12.024     Document Type: Article

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