Organotypic vibrosections: Novel whole sagittal brain cultures

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 131-141

  Ullrich, Celine ^a   Daschil, Nina ^a   Humpel, Christian ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cholinergic; Dopaminergic; Organotypic; Vascular; Whole brain cultures

Indexed keywords

PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPROTECTION; NEWBORN; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VARICOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; CHOLINERGIC NEURONS; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 80052326057     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.07.021     Document Type: Article

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