Preparation and culture of chicken auditory brainstem slices

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 49, 2011, Pages

  Sanchez, Jason T ^a   Seidl, Armin H ^a   Rubel, Edwin W ^a   Barria, Andres ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicken auditory brainstem; Issue 49; Neuroscience; Nucleus laminaris; Nucleus magnocellularis; Organotypic cultures; Slice preparation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80355149135     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2527     Document Type: Article

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