The culture of primary motor and sensory neurons in defined media on electrospun poly-L-lactide nanofiber scaffolds

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 48, 2010, Pages

  Leach, Michelle K ^a   Feng, Zhang Qi ^b   Gertz, Caitlyn C ^a   Tuck, Samuel J ^a   Regan, Tara M ^a   Naim, Youssef ^a   Vincent, Andrea M ^a   Corey, Joseph M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOFIBER; POLYESTER; POLYLACTIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTONEURON; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RAT; SENSORY RECEPTOR;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIA; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; METHODS; MOTOR NEURONS; NANOFIBERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYESTERS; PREGNANCY; RATS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS;

EID: 80355131697     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2389     Document Type: Article

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