Characterization of cortical neuronal and glial alterations during culture of organotypic whole brain slices from neonatal and mature mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Staal, Jerome A ^a   Alexander, Samuel R ^a   Liu, Yao ^a   Dickson, Tracey D ^a   Vickers, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LABELING; CELL RESPIRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; AGING; ANIMAL; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL SHAPE; CYTOLOGY; GLIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DEATH; CELL SHAPE; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 79960298544     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022040     Document Type: Article

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