Culture of rat cerebellar granule neurons and application to identify neuroprotective agents

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 846, Issue , 2012, Pages 23-37

  Facci, Laura ^a   Skaper, Stephen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cell culture; Cerebellum; Depolarization; Development; Glycogen synthase kinase 3; Granule neurons; Neuroprotection; Neurotrophic factors; Phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase; Rat

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RECEPTOR; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL SEPARATION; CEREBELLUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SEPARATION; CEREBELLUM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN;

RATTUS;

EID: 84859842599     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-536-7_3     Document Type: Article

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