Organotypic slice cultures of embryonic ventral midbrain: A system to study dopaminergic neuronal development in vitro

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 59, 2012, Pages 1-7

  Bodea, Gabriela Oana ^a   Blaess, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Developmental biology; Issue 59; Midbrain; Mouse; Neurons; Neuroscience; Organotypic slice culture; Time lapse imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856985709     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3350     Document Type: Article

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