Primary neuronal cultures from the brains of late stage drosophila pupae

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Sicaeros, Beatriz ^a   Campusano, Jorge M ^a   O'Dowd, Diane K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium imaging; Defined medium; Drosophila; Fura 2; Insects; Issue 4; Neuronal culture; Neuroscience; Primary neurons; Pupae

Indexed keywords

EID: 80355125874     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/200     Document Type: Article

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