Isolation and expansion of the adult mouse neural stem cells using the neurosphere assay

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 45, 2010, Pages

  Azari, Hassan ^a,b   Rahman, Maryam ^b   Sharififar, Sharareh ^b   Reynolds, Brent A ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult Neural Stem Cells; Expansion; Isolation; Issue 45; Neuroscience; Neurosphere Assay

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055118225     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2393     Document Type: Article

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