Isolation of brain and spinal cord mononuclear cells using percoll gradients

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 48, 2010, Pages

  Pino, Paula A ^a   Cardona, Astrid E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemokines; CNS; EAE; Flow cytometry; Immunology; Inflammation; Issue 48; Microglia; Monocytes macrophages; Mouse

Indexed keywords

EID: 80355125448     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2348     Document Type: Article

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