A new indirect co-culture set up of mouse hippocampal neurons and cortical astrocytes on microelectrode arrays

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 262-272

  Geissler, Maren ^a   Faissner, Andreas ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Bicuculline; Co culture; Electrophysiology; Microelectrode array; Mouse hippocampal neurons; Network activity; Serum free

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERNEURON; MICROELECTRODE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; ASTROCYTES; BICUCULLINE; CELL DEATH; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GABA-A RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICE; MICROELECTRODES; NERVE NET; NEURONS; TIME FACTORS; TUBULIN; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININS;

EID: 84855226709     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.11.030     Document Type: Article

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