Time-lapse imaging of granule cells in mouse entorhino-hippocampal slice cultures reveals changes in spine stability after entorhinal denervation

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 520, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1891-1902

  Vlachos, Andreas ^a   Orth, Carlos Bas ^a,b   Schneider, Gaby ^a   Deller, Thomas ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dendritic spines; Dentate granule cell; Entorhinal denervation; Entorhino hippocampal slice culture; Spine density; Spine turnover; Time lapse imaging

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DENERVATION; DENTATE GRANULE CELL; DENTATE GYRUS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL LESION; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME LAPSE IMAGING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; COMPUTERS; DENDRITIC SPINES; DENERVATION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING;

EID: 84857721668     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23017     Document Type: Article

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