A new three-dimensional axonal outgrowth assay for central nervous system regeneration

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-186

  Ishihara, Masahiro ^a   Mochizuki Oda, Noriko ^a   Iwatsuki, Koichi ^a   Kishima, Haruhiko ^a   Iwamoto, Yumiko ^a   Ohnishi, Yu ichiro ^a   Umegaki, Masao ^a   Yoshimine, Toshiki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axonal outgrowth assay; Matrigel; Schwann cells; Three dimensional culture

Indexed keywords

MATRIGEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL COUNT; CELL INTERACTION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; COCULTURE; FEMALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHWANN CELL;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; COLLAGEN; DRUG COMBINATIONS; LAMININ; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONS; PROTEOGLYCANS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCHWANN CELLS; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 79957757015     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.03.020     Document Type: Article

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