Culture and characterization of rat mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 846, Issue , 2012, Pages 91-101

  Skaper, Stephen D ^a   Mercanti, Giulia ^a   Facci, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Dopamine uptake; Mesencephalic; Parkinson's disease; Rat; Tyrosine hydroxylase; Ventral tegmentum

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; TRITIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL SEPARATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FLUORESCENCE; MESENCEPHALON; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SEPARATION; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; FLUORESCENCE; MESENCEPHALON; PARKINSON DISEASE; RATS; TRITIUM;

RATTUS;

EID: 84859846825     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-536-7_9     Document Type: Article

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