Proliferating culture of aged microglia for the study of neurodegenerative diseases

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-69

  Von Bernhardi, Rommy ^a   Tichauer, Juan ^a   Eugenín von Bernhardi, Laura ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Aging; Glia; Neuroinflammation; Nitric oxide; Oxidative stress; Phagocytosis; TGF

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; GROUPS BY AGE; INFLAMMATION; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROGLIA; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHAGOCYTOSIS;

EID: 80053565062     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.08.027     Document Type: Article

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